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10 Charged In White Plains Court With Distributing Cocaine, Crack 10 Charged In White Plains Court With Distributing Cocaine, Crack
10 Charged In White Plains Court With Distributing Cocaine, Crack Ten men have been charged in White Plains Federal Court for their roles in a scheme to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine in the area. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced this week that 10 people have been indicted for participating in an alleged narcotics conspiracy in Sullivan County. Seven of the men were taken into federal custody last week, while two others were arrested in August. Suspect Jhoan “Chelo” Adames remains at large. According to the indictment, over the last two years, Adames, Rolando “Rolo” Nieves, Jason Nieves-Pino, Jose Nieves-Herrera, Jose Rubert, Pervis Marcus, J…

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Administrator Of Westchester Estate Admits To Embezzling $1.4M Administrator Of Westchester Estate Admits To Embezzling $1.4M
Administrator Of Westchester Estate Admits To Embezzling $1.4M The former court-appointed administrator of a Westchester estate has admitted to stealing more than a million dollars from it as a family member sought to remove him from the position. New Jersey resident Gregory Bayard has pleaded guilty in White Plains federal court to one count of wire fraud for stealing $1.4 million from a decedent’s estate in Mount Vernon while acting as a court-appointed administrator. Bayard was appointed the administrator of the estate of a former Mount Vernon resident by the Surrogate’s Court in 2008, which included collecting the assets of the estate. As the admin…

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Hudson Valley Accountant Sentenced, Ordered To Pay $600K Hudson Valley Accountant Sentenced, Ordered To Pay $600K
Hudson Valley Accountant Sentenced, Ordered To Pay $600K A Rockland County accountant admitted in White Plains federal court to his role in a multi-million dollar deception scheme is heading to prison and must pay $600,000 in restitution to his victims. Mitchell Klein, 62, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison and must pay the restitution for not reporting a theft from his real estate company, which was connected to the scheme involving his investors, family and friends. In total, more than 100 clients lost investments with Klein and his former business partners, who in total lost more than $60 million in real estate projects and ve…

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by Zak Failla
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Hudson Valley Owners Of Rita's Italian Ice Sue Former Accountant For $5M Hudson Valley Owners Of Rita's Italian Ice Sue Former Accountant For $5M
Hudson Valley Owners Of Rita's Italian Ice Sue Former Accountant For $5M The owners of Rita's Italian Ice stores in New York and Connecticut are suing their former accounting firm and demanding $5 million in compensation in a lawsuit filed in federal court in White Plains, according to the Business Journal. In the suit, filed in December, the DeAngelis family of Dutchess County, accuse their former accounting firm, Brendon Pierson Inc. of Wall Township, N.J., of malpractice, saying they committed a series of gross errors in services causing the company to suffered severe damages, the Journal said. The suit also names company accountants Brendan J. Pierson and Je…

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