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Witness Tampering

$5M Fraud: LI Twin Financiers Threatened Witnesses, Fabricated Evidence, DOJ Says $5M Fraud: LI Twin Financiers Threatened Witnesses, Fabricated Evidence, DOJ Says
$5M Fraud: LI Twin Financiers Threatened Witnesses, Fabricated Evidence, DOJ Says Twin financiers Adam and Daniel Kaplan, already charged with defrauding elderly and disabled clients out of millions, are now accused of threatening witnesses and fabricating evidence. The 35-year-old Kaplans, hailing from Long Island’s Great Neck, are named in a fresh superseding indictment that was filed in Central Islip federal court on Thursday, Feb. 20, charging them with an additional count of money laundering. Adam Kaplan was additionally charged with wire fraud, bank fraud, and obstruction of justice, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District. The new charges pa…
Man Stabs 8 Partygoers At Wyandanch Home After Sexual Advances Rejected, DA Says Man Stabs 8 Partygoers At Wyandanch Home After Sexual Advances Rejected, DA Says
Man Stabs 8 Partygoers At Wyandanch Home After Sexual Advances Rejected, DA Says A man is facing attempted murder charges following a stabbing spree at a Long Island home that injured eight people. Moses Brooks, age 50, of Wyandanch, was indicted on nearly two dozen criminal counts in Nassau County Court on Friday, Nov. 22. According to the charges, Brooks was attending a crowded basement house party on Linden Place in Hempstead in the early hours of Sunday, Oct. 6, when he exposed himself to a 26-year-old woman. When she walked away, Brooks followed her and rubbed his penis against her arm, prosecutors said. The victim told her friends what happened and they removed …
Hotel Torture: LI Man Burned Women With Iron For Falling Asleep During Massage, Jury Finds Hotel Torture: LI Man Burned Women With Iron For Falling Asleep During Massage, Jury Finds
Hotel Torture: LI Man Burned Women With Iron For Falling Asleep During Massage, Jury Finds A Long Island jury convicted a man for subjecting two women to hours of torture that included beatings and burns with a hot iron. Johnathan Wright, age 34, of Lindenhurst, was found guilty of assault, witness tampering, and more than three dozen other charges in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, March 28. Prosecutors said Wright was staying at a Ronkonkoma hotel with two women, one of whom suffered from mental disabilities, on July 21, 2021. He became enraged when the women fell asleep while giving him a back massage. Wright choked and punched the victims in their faces and bodies and atte…
'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited NY Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison 'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited NY Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison
'Special Kind Of Evil': Child Sex Trafficker Who Recruited NY Victims Gets 40 Years In Prison A convicted sex trafficker will spend decades in prison for forcing underage girls into prostitution. New York resident Christopher Thomas, age 40, of Colonie in Albany County, was sentenced to 40 years behind bars Monday, Oct. 30, in Albany federal court. According to prosecutors, Thomas coerced numerous vulnerable children and young women, some as young as 16, to engage in sex work for his financial benefit between 2018 and 2020. His crimes spanned New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. In March 2023, following a 5-day trial, jurors convicted Thomas of 16 counts, including s…
Voter Fraud: NY County Employees Cast Illegal Ballots During Election, Feds Say Voter Fraud: NY County Employees Cast Illegal Ballots During Election, Feds Say
Voter Fraud: NY County Employees Cast Illegal Ballots During Election, Feds Say Three county employees in New York are facing federal charges after allegedly casting fraudulent ballots during the 2021 election. Rensselaer County employees Richard Crist, age 55; James Gordon, age 42; and Leslie Wallace, age 35 were each arrested Thursday, April 27, on an indictment charging them with conspiring to violate the rights of voters, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District. Related Report: Rensselaer County Elections Commissioner Accused Of Voter Fraud Resigns Crist is the county’s director of operations, Gordon is the director of the Bureau for Ce…
NY Man Sentenced For 'Terrorizing Young Women, Coercing Them Into Commercial Sex Acts' NY Man Sentenced For 'Terrorizing Young Women, Coercing Them Into Commercial Sex Acts'
NY Man Sentenced For 'Terrorizing Young Women, Coercing Them Into Commercial Sex Acts' A New York man will spend decades behind bars for forcing women to engage in prostitution. Long Island resident Justin Rivera, age 32, of Amityville, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison Tuesday, Oct. 11, in US District Court in Manhattan. The sentence followed an eight-day jury trial in June 2021 in which he was convicted of conspiring to sex traffic two victims. Federal prosecutors said Rivera - also known as Denzel Rivera, Bangout, and Jackie Chan - conspired with others to coerce the young women to engage in commercial sex acts at an abandoned house in Bohemia in 2015. They di…
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prison For At Least Three Murders, Racketeering MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prison For At Least Three Murders, Racketeering
MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced To Life In Prison For At Least Three Murders, Racketeering An MS-13 gang leader from the region has been sentenced to life in prison for taking part in at least three murders, racketeering, and possession of drugs. Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, aka “Insolente” and “Trankilo,” age 24, of Landover, Maryland was sentenced on Monday, April 25, said Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly. Alvardo-Requeno was found guilty in Maryland of the charges during a four-week trial last year. According to the evidence presented at the four-week trial, between 2015 and 2018, Alvarado-Requeno and his co-defendant, Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reap…
Long Island Man Convicted Of Murder, Narcotics Distribution, Sex Trafficking Long Island Man Convicted Of Murder, Narcotics Distribution, Sex Trafficking
Long Island Man Convicted Of Murder, Narcotics Distribution, Sex Trafficking A Long Island Bloods gang member faces life in prison after being found guilty of murder, forcible rape, sex trafficking, and drug possession, among other offenses during a four-week trial. Lawrence Lewis, also known as “L Boogs,” age 38, of Claverton, was convicted Tuesday, Nov. 9, for the 2017 murder of John Birt, the forcible rape and sex trafficking of a Suffolk County woman, racketeering, multiple firearms offenses, narcotics possession and distribution, and witness tampering, according to the US Attorney's Office. As proven at trial, between April 2004 and June 2019, Lewis, as a membe…
Former Suffolk DA Thomas Spota, Ex-Aide Convicted Of Covering Up Beating Of Prisoner Former Suffolk DA Thomas Spota, Ex-Aide Convicted Of Covering Up Beating Of Prisoner
Former Suffolk DA Thomas Spota, Ex-Aide Convicted Of Covering Up Beating Of Prisoner Former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and one of his former top aides have been found guilty of covering up the beating of a former heroin addict in 2012 who broke into his police cruiser in St. James. Spota, 78, and Christopher McPartland, 53, were found guilty following a six-week trial of all charges, including obstruction of justice, witness tampering and acting as accessories to the deprivation of inmate Christopher Loeb's civil rights. The jury deliberated for nearly a full day before returning the guilty verdict. When they are sentenced, Spota and McPartland will face…