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Long Island Duo Charged For $27M Investment Fraud Scheme Long Island Duo Charged For $27M Investment Fraud Scheme
Long Island Duo Charged For $27M Investment Fraud Scheme Two New Yorkers are facing federal charges for allegedly duping foreign nationals into investing in a fictitious private school and selling access to politicians. Long Island residents Sherry Xue Li, age 50, and Lianbo Wang, age 45, both of Oyster Bay, were arrested Monday, July 18, on multiple charges tied to a decade-long scheme that netted $27 million, according to a criminal complaint filed in US District Court in Brooklyn. Federal prosecutors said Li and Wang convinced more than 150 victims to fork over money for the development, construction, and operation of the made-up school in Su…

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Man Extradited From Mexico To Face Sex Trafficking Charges In Case Involving Queens Minors Man Extradited From Mexico To Face Sex Trafficking Charges In Case Involving Queens Minors
Man Extradited From Mexico To Face Sex Trafficking Charges In Case Involving Queens Minors A man from Mexico is back in the States after being extradited to face charges for an alleged sex trafficking conspiracy involving minors in Queens. Jose Miguel Melendez-Rojas, 45, was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, Aug. 15 in Brooklyn federal court on an 18-count indictment charging him with operating a sex trafficking conspiracy, sex trafficking of minors, interstate prostitution, alien smuggling, and a money-laundering conspiracy.  Melendez-Rojas was arrested in February in Mexico following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Mexican Federal Po…

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by Zak Failla