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DMX In Prison: First Photos Released Show Rapper Flabbier, Grayer DMX In Prison: First Photos Released Show Rapper Flabbier, Grayer
DMX In Prison: First Photos Released Show Rapper Flabbier, Grayer One of the first photos released of Westchester rapper DMX from prison shows him heavier and grayer -- which some fans believe may be a good sign. The once-muscular Earl Simmons has a pot belly and gray hair in the photo published by The Jasmine Brand. Some fans say the additional weight could simply come from no longer using cocaine and crack.  Simmons was sentenced in March to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty last year in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to ducking $1.7 million in taxes. The judge at the time called Simmons "a good man" who deserved less than the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Issue New Alert On IRS Scam Calls Police Issue New Alert On IRS Scam Calls
Police Issue New Alert On IRS Scam Calls Local law enforcement agencies are warning residents to be wary of a recent IRS scam where opportunistic fraudsters have been contacting local residents, demanding payment. The Yonkers Police Department issued an alert recently after local residents received automated calls claiming the resident could be arrested for tax evasion, officials said in a statement. When the resident called the number back, a person posing as an IRS agent stated that they owed taxes and was able to provide the callers' name and address to verify the claim. According to police, a second schemer would proceed to co…

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by Zak Failla
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Hudson Valley Man Pleads Guilty To Using Companies To Embezzle Millions Hudson Valley Man Pleads Guilty To Using Companies To Embezzle Millions
Hudson Valley Man Pleads Guilty To Using Companies To Embezzle Millions A former comptroller pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling more than $2.5 million from two Hudson Valley manufacturing companies, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Mark Cina, 56, of Pleasant Valley, pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony mail fraud and tax evasion, the office said. Cina admitted to embezzling the money from two companies in the Town of Poughkeepsie over the course of approximately seven years, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. For years, Cina allegedly used company money to gamble, pay his rent, dine out, and fund a host of o…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Wyckoff Con Man Gets 12 Years In Fed Prison For Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion Wyckoff Con Man Gets 12 Years In Fed Prison For Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion
Wyckoff Con Man Gets 12 Years In Fed Prison For Mortgage Fraud, Tax Evasion WYCKOFF, N.J. -- A former settlement agent from Wyckoff was sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for bank fraud and other crimes involving refinanced properties in Bergen and Morris counties. Unlike the state of New Jersey, there's no parole in the federal prison system -- meaning that Mark Andreotti, 47, must serve out nearly his entire sentence. Federal jurors last fall found Andreotti guilty of defrauding banks out of $1.1 million using phony property loan applications while failing to pay more than $450,000 in personal income taxes following a two-week trial. Prosecutors show…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Disbarred Hudson Valley Attorney Convicted Of Fraud, Other Charges Disbarred Hudson Valley Attorney Convicted Of Fraud, Other Charges
Disbarred Hudson Valley Attorney Convicted Of Fraud, Other Charges A former area lawyer who had been disbarred has been convicted on multiple charges for his role in misappropriating funds from a landowner he represented and later attempting to obstruct the IRS from finding out the details of his scheme. Geoffrey Berman, the United State Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the conviction of Orange County attorney Joseph Scali on Friday in White Plains Federal Court, for charges that include mail fraud, structuring cash transactions, making false statements to the IRS, obstructing the IRS, tax evasion, obstruction of justice, and perjury…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
DMX Performing In Poughkeepsie DMX Performing In Poughkeepsie
DMX Performing In Poughkeepsie DMX is coming to Poughkeepsie. The Mount Vernon native who was raised in Yonkers is performing at The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, Feb. 10. He previously performed at The Chance in 2016. In December, the 46-year-old, whose real name is Earl Simmons pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and faces up to five years in prison. Simmons lived near the Bedford border on McLain Street in Mount Kisco with now-estranged wife Tashera Simmons before putting the home into foreclosure in 2016 after filing for bankruptcy.

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by Sam Barron
Lifestyle
'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother Admit Tax Dodge 'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother Admit Tax Dodge
'Jersey Shore's Michael ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Brother Admit Tax Dodge Former "Jersey Shore" personality Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino and his brother admitted Friday that they ducked taxes on what authorities said was nearly $9 million in income from promotional gigs while claiming pricey clothing, high-end cars and personal grooming as business expenses. Michael Sorrentino, 36, pleaded guilty to tax evasion, while Marc Sorrentino, 38, pleaded guilty to aiding in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return, both in U.S. District Court in Newark.  After several delays, both were scheduled to go to trial last month. They took plea deals …

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by Jerry DeMarco