Three New Jersey fraudsters allegedly stole $1.1 million from a Big Apple rental assistance program meant as a safety net for low-income New Yorkers, officials announced Thursday. Erica Williams, 39, spearheaded a plot to rip off the city’s “One Shot Deal” program…
Thieves made off with a staggering $11.4 million haul of Nvidia computer hardware after a cargo truck carrying the high-value shipment mysteriously vanished in Southern California. The truck, marked with a food company’s logo, left Oakland on Aug. 29 carrying six pallets…
A crooked California doctor who ripped off Medicare for more than $45 million to bankroll luxury vacations, expensive cars, and a jaw-dropping $12,000 antique crossbow is finally facing serious prison time. Violetta Mailyan, 45, of Glendale, was sentenced to 15 years behind bars after…
A mystery ATM stuffed with free cash has hit the streets of Los Angeles, sending locals on a real-life treasure hunt to crack the code before the money runs out. The unusual cash machine is part of a promotional stunt…
Beloved LA newscaster Wendy Burch is firing back at a woman she claims spent eight years trying to extort her and destroy her reputation over an alleged $150,000 drug deal, according to an explosive new lawsuit. Burch, a longtime fixture on…
The feds raided at least two Brooklyn adult day cares Tuesday as part of a sweeping probe into more than 100 sites suspected of Medicaid fraud involving everything from money laundering to kickbacks, officials said. The crackdown is part of a…
An inter-agency task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement officials conducted multiple raids across several boroughs on Tuesday as part of an ongoing, massive Medicaid fraud investigation. According to law enforcement sources, Homeland Security Investigations, the New York…
Disgraced ex-New York City Buildings Department head Eric Ulrich is finally standing trial — more than three years after he was indicted with trading political favors for thousands of dollars worth of bribes. Ulrich, 41, will have a bench trial that kicks…
A crooked Queens pharmacist reportedly ran a $31 million Medicaid buyback scheme — pocketing millions off black-market HIV drugs to fund a lavish lifestyle, prosecutors said Thursday. Miguel Baron, 62, operated the massive, multi-year fraud scheme out of his two Jackson Heights storefronts,…
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