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Hudson Valley Man Among Trio Nabbed In $701K Fraud Scheme, Feds Say Hudson Valley Man Among Trio Nabbed In $701K Fraud Scheme, Feds Say
Hudson Valley Man Among Trio Nabbed In $701K Fraud Scheme, Feds Say Three men are facing federal charges for allegedly using other people’s identities to defraud the New York Labor Department out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Errol Murray, age 21, of Yonkers; Taliek Lanier, age 22, of Albany; and Thomas Brace, age 61, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, formerly of Albany, were all arrested on federal charges of mail and wire fraud, plus identity theft. Federal prosecutors said the trio conspired with a 36-year-old Albany woman, Jamie Johnson, and provided her with the personal identifying information of other people. Jonson pleaded guilty in February 2022 of…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Jobless Rate Climbs In Orange County Jobless Rate Climbs In Orange County
Jobless Rate Climbs In Orange County A new Hudson Valley casino could not have opened a a better time for neighboring Orange and Ulster counties, which both saw a rise in their unemployment rates in February, according to the state Labor Department. Resorts World Catskills opened on Feb. 8 in Monticello, Sullivan County, several weeks ahead of schedule. The luxury casino resort -- which cost $1.2 billion to build -- marked the occasion by welcoming thousands of guests to the gaming floor. The jobless rate remained unchanged in Sullivan County at 5.9 percent in February, compared with February 2017, according to the latest job…

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by Jon Craig