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$5 Million Fraud Scheme: Man Who Scammed Suffolk County Resident Indicted $5 Million Fraud Scheme: Man Who Scammed Suffolk County Resident Indicted
$5 Million Fraud Scheme: Man Who Scammed Suffolk County Resident Indicted The scammer, along with co-conspirators, conned a Long Island man out of approximately $5.3 million, which they spent nearly all of. On Tuesday, April 25 at the Central Islip federal court, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, along with a New York FBI director, announced the charges against Odera Odabi. Odabi is charged with conspiring to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering, according to the announcement. The 54-year-old Georgia man is alleged to have falsely informed a Suffolk County resident (known in the case as John Doe) that he needed to p…

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by Sophie Grieser
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LI Woman Avoids Prison After Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme With Inmate LI Woman Avoids Prison After Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme With Inmate
LI Woman Avoids Prison After Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme With Inmate A Long Island woman won’t serve any time behind bars after admitting that she fraudulently obtained thousands of dollars in unemployment insurance benefits by impersonating a prison inmate. Briana Garland, age 30, of Uniondale, was sentenced to two years of probation in federal court in Albany on Thursday, Feb. 2. It followed her guilty plea to a single charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Federal prosecutors said Garland submitted a false unemployment insurance claim to the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) in the name of Reginald Thornton, an inmate at Bare Hill prison in …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Ex-LI Resident Indicted For Massive Fraud Scheme Involving Sports Betting Ex-LI Resident Indicted For Massive Fraud Scheme Involving Sports Betting
Ex-LI Resident Indicted For Massive Fraud Scheme Involving Sports Betting A former New Yorker is accused of being the mastermind of a massive sports betting fraud scheme that bilked victims out of tens of millions of dollars. Cory Zeidman, age 61, formerly of Long Island, was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. He was arrested Wednesday, May 25, in Florida, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the East District. Federal prosecutors said Zeidman used national radio ads to lure sports fans into believing that they could “get in on the ground floor” of his phony sports betting organization and that it could provide i…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Long Island Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Scheme Long Island Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Scheme
Long Island Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Scheme A 74-year-old New York man has pleaded guilty to a charge related to a multi-million dollar mass-mailing scheme that tricked victims into paying fees for falsely-promised cash prizes. Long Island resident Carmine Maietta, of Westbury, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud on Wednesday, Jan. 26, according to Breon Peace, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York. From November 2013 through November 2018, Maietta was part of a scheme to mail false prize notifications to thousands of people, urging them to pay a fee in return for a large cash prize, …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Suffolk Attorney Sentenced For Stealing Wrongful Death Inheritance Suffolk Attorney Sentenced For Stealing Wrongful Death Inheritance
Suffolk Attorney Sentenced For Stealing Wrongful Death Inheritance A longtime attorney from Long Island will spend years in prison after admitting to stealing more than a million dollars from a child’s inheritance, federal officials announced. Smithtown resident Vincent Trimarco, Jr., age 52, has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud a minor of her inheritance from a federal wrongful death lawsuit. Additionally, US Breon Peace said that Trimarco has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution and to forfeit an additional $1.5 million after he pleaded guilty in October 2020. Between Ap…

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by Zak Failla
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Suffolk Attorney Admits To Scheme To Defraud Woman, Must Pay $1M Suffolk Attorney Admits To Scheme To Defraud Woman, Must Pay $1M
Suffolk Attorney Admits To Scheme To Defraud Woman, Must Pay $1M A Long Island attorney admitted to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the beneficiary of an estate from her inheritance from a wrongful death suit. Vincent J. Trimarco, Jr., of Smithtown, who has been licensed to practice in the state of New York since 1997, pleaded guilty at federal court in Central Islip on Tuesday, Oct. 6. When sentenced, the 51-year-old Trimarco faces up to 20 years in prison. As a part of his plea agreement with the government, Trimarco agreed to pay more than $1 million in restitution. “Trimarco defrauded a young girl of …

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by Joe Lombardi
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LI Native Lori Laughlin, Husband Sentenced For College Admissions Scam LI Native Lori Laughlin, Husband Sentenced For College Admissions Scam
LI Native Lori Laughlin, Husband Sentenced For College Admissions Scam Long Island native Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, will spend time behind bars for paying bribes in the so-called "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal. Loughlin, the former “Full House” star, was sentenced to two months in prison on Friday, Aug. 21, while her husband was sentenced to five months for their roles in conspiring to pay a half-million-dollar bribe to get the couple’s two daughters into the University of Southern California. The two had been engaged in a legal battle over the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scam for…

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by Zak Failla
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Suffolk Woman Sentenced For ID Theft, Credit Card Fraud Scheme Suffolk Woman Sentenced For ID Theft, Credit Card Fraud Scheme
Suffolk Woman Sentenced For ID Theft, Credit Card Fraud Scheme A Long Island woman on supervised release after being convicted of running scams in Kentucky will spend years in prison and was ordered to pay more than a million dollars in restitution for an identity and credit card fraud scheme. Amityville resident Lisa Reid, 47, has been sentenced to 90 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after she targeted dozens of victims as part of an elaborate scheme that ran for nearly two years. In addition to her time behind bars, Reid was also ordered to pay $1,009,235.69 in restitution to her victims. U.S. Attorney John Durham said…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Who Managed Insurance Brokerage Sentenced For Defrauding 1,100 Customers Of $415K Woman Who Managed Insurance Brokerage Sentenced For Defrauding 1,100 Customers Of $415K
Woman Who Managed Insurance Brokerage Sentenced For Defrauding 1,100 Customers Of $415K The former manager of an area insurance brokerage will spend years behind bars for defrauding more than 1,100 customers. Flushing resident Nancy Credidio, the former manager of a car insurance brokerage, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for defrauding more than 1,100 victims customers out of more than $415,000. Specifically, Credidio pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. According to U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, “in order to legally drive a car in New York State, the car must be covered by an insurance policy.  From 2010 through 2017, Credidio was a manage…

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by Zak Failla
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Ex-Long Island Investment Advisor Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme Ex-Long Island Investment Advisor Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme
Ex-Long Island Investment Advisor Sentenced For Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme An investment advisor from Long Island will spend more than a decade behind bars for his role in defrauding his elderly victims in a multimillion-dollar scheme, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced. East Setauket resident Steven Pagartanis, 60, was sentenced to a term of 170 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $6.5 million in restitution after pleading guilty in December to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud for orchestrating a securities fraud scheme over the course of 18 years.   “Today’s sentence is a well-deserved reckoning for Pagartanis, who preyed on el…

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by Zak Failla
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Actress Felicity Huffman Sentenced For Admissions Scandal Actress Felicity Huffman Sentenced For Admissions Scandal
Actress Felicity Huffman Sentenced For Admissions Scandal Westchester native Felicity Huffman will spend time behind bars for her role in the nation’s largest college admissions scandal. The 56-year-old former “Desperate Housewives” star, who grew up in Bedford, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 13 to 14 days in jail, a $30,000 fine, one year of supervised release and 250 hours of community service. Huffman pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. She will turn herself in on Friday, Oct. 25 to begin her stint in jail. "There are no excuses or justifications for my actions. Period," Huffman said in a s…

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by Zak Failla
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Tax Accountant From Queens Admits To Scamming Clients In Fraud, Money Laundering Scheme Tax Accountant From Queens Admits To Scamming Clients In Fraud, Money Laundering Scheme
Tax Accountant From Queens Admits To Scamming Clients In Fraud, Money Laundering Scheme A tax accountant from Queens admitted to scheming clients out of more than $750,000 as part of an elaborate scheme that allowed him to live a lavish lifestyle. Salvatore Arena, 47, pleaded guilty to defrauding clients who trusted him to prepare and pay their taxes, misappropriating $780,000 of client money for his own use over several years. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said that from January 2014 through March this year, Arena purported to offer tax services, including the preparation and payment of taxes, to clients of an accounting firm in Manhattan.  Instead of making payments o…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Man Sentenced For Stealing $1M From Dead Woman’s Estate, Possessing Child Porn Long Island Man Sentenced For Stealing $1M From Dead Woman’s Estate, Possessing Child Porn
Long Island Man Sentenced For Stealing $1M From Dead Woman’s Estate, Possessing Child Porn A Long Island man will spend more than a decade behind bars after he stole $1.2 million from a dead woman’s estate and was busted with child pornography. John Derounian, 51, of Sea Cliff, has been sentenced at the Central Islip Courthouse to 51 months in prison for mail fraud, and 70 months in prison for possession of child pornography - a total of 121 months - pleading guilty to the charges in June last year. As part of his sentence, Derounian has also agreed to pay $1,403,209.17 in restitution for his theft of more than $1.2 million from the estate of a deceased woman and was levied a $10…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Long Island Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
Long Island Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme A Long Island man has admitted to his role in a multi-million dollar elder fraud scheme that exceeded $30 million. Merrick resident Shaun Sullivan, 37, pleaded guilty in Central Islip federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud by sending fraudulent prize-promotion mailings that led recipients, many of whom were elderly or vulnerable, to believe that they could claim large cash prizes in exchange for a modest fee. None of the victims involved in the scheme received any substantial cash prize, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue noted. Between December 2010 and July 2016, Sullivan and other…

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by Zak Failla
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Suffolk Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Suffolk Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme
Suffolk Man Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme A Long Island man has admitted to his role in a multi-million dollar elder fraud scheme that exceeded $30 million. Merrick resident Shaun Sullivan, 37, pleaded guilty in Central Islip federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud by sending fraudulent prize-promotion mailings that led recipients, many of whom were elderly or vulnerable, to believe that they could claim large cash prizes in exchange for a modest fee. None of the victims involved in the scheme received any substantial cash prize, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue noted. Between December 2010 and July 2016, Sullivan and othe…

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by Zak Failla