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Westchester 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…
Capital District Man Admits To Conspiring To Distribute Fentanyl, Cocaine
Two federal convicts, including one from the Capital District, have again found themselves in hot water for allegedly conspiring to sell fentanyl and cocaine in the region.
Albany resident Ramion Burt, age 45, and Marion Frampton, age 43, of the Bronx, pleaded guilty to drug-related charges Monday, July 18, in federal court in Albany.
New York State Police stopped the men on I-87 in Catskill in February 2021 as they drove from New York City to Albany.
Inside their car, troopers found 31 grams of fentanyl in a plastic bag in Frampton’s boot, along with an additional 53 grams of fentanyl and…
