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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone

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'Tis The Season For Scammers: AI Voices Increasingly Used To Victimize Long Islanders 'Tis The Season For Scammers: AI Voices Increasingly Used To Victimize Long Islanders
'Tis The Season For Scammers: AI Voices Increasingly Used To Victimize Long Islanders Police are sounding the alarm about a clever new way scammers are targeting New York residents this holiday season. In a warning issued Thursday, Nov. 16, Suffolk County Police on Long Island said scammers are increasingly using fake voices that are generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to dupe victims out of their money. To pull off the “spoofing” scam, criminals use AI tools to clone the voices of people who post on social media and then call their relatives pretending to be them. Police highlighted a recent example in which an 85-year-old Hauppauge man got a call from someone posing…

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by Michael Mashburn
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COVID-19: Cops Bust Massive Suffolk Mansion Party With Hundreds Of People COVID-19: Cops Bust Massive Suffolk Mansion Party With Hundreds Of People
Covid-19: Cops Bust Massive Suffolk Mansion Party With Hundreds Of People A Long Island mansion that was rented as an Airbnb was home to a massive party with hundreds of guests in violation of state COVID-19 guidance that had to be broken up by the police overnight. Officers responded to a 10-acre mansion on Hawkins Lane at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, according to police, where there was an ongoing party with upwards of 400 guests in attendance. It reportedly took multiple police units several hours to sort out the guests and clear them out of the house safely. Suffolk County Police Chief Stuart Cameron reportedly said that the property’s owner…

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by Zak Failla