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2009

November 18, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of the owner of H & H Bagels for stealing withholding taxes and evading unemployment insurance tax in connection with his wholesale and retail bagel business.
November 12, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today a 639-count indictment of 15 individuals in connection with a $600,000 pickpocketing and identity theft ring which compromised at least 60 accounts at various bank branches.
November 12, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Queens-based general contracting firm, EMB CONTRACTING CORP., and its principals for defrauding employees out of more than $1 million in unpaid wages and benefits.
November 5, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a man who defrauded more than 50 individuals in at least six states including Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, California, Nevada, and Georgia by falsely holding himself out as the CEO of an online fitness magazine and soliciting investments in his fictitious company.
October 29, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of 19 individuals for fraudulently collecting Medicaid benefits totaling more than $350,000.
October 28, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today a 149-count indictment of a computer technician for stealing the identities of more than 150 employees of the Bank of New York Mellon and using these identities to orchestrate more than $1.1 million in thefts against charities and non-profits, among other institutions.
October 23, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of CARMEN HUERTAS in connection with a drunk-driving motor vehicle incident that killed an 11-year-old girl and injured six other girls between the ages of 11- and 14-years-old.
October 22, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New York City police officer in connection with a motor vehicle incident that left an elderly man seriously injured.
October 22, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a 21-year-old man in connection with a series of sexual assaults and robberies in Hamilton Heights and Chinatown earlier this summer.
October 15, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Georgia man for defrauding individuals by falsely holding himself out as an attorney and purporting to provide immigration legal services.
October 14, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a realtor for conducting a real estate fraud scheme in which he struck several deals to sell a commercial building that he did not own.
October 2, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Connecticut man for attempting to steal $2 million from David Letterman in an extortion scheme.
October 1, 2009 DA Morgenthau, joined by New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn, today announced the indictment and arrest of 29 people and four corporations for enterprise corruption, bribery, bribe receiving, extortion, narcotics and firearms trafficking, and illegal gambling.
September 30, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a senior executive director for facilities management at Bellevue Hospital for official misconduct after she pressured vendors and employees to provide goods and services for her home.
September 30, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a detective with the police division of the Waterfront Commission for lying to officials under oath with the New York State Office of the Inspector General during an investigation into corruption on the waterfront.
September 17, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and indictment of a Long Island man for evading taxes on compensation he earned in connection with the 2005 sale of the Riverside South Properties by Hudson Waterfront Associates, one of the largest real estate transactions in New York City history.
September 10, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today that Assistant District Attorney Lisa Friel, Chief of Sex Crimes Unit, was honored by the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault for her work in prosecuting thousands of sexual assault cases throughout her career.
September 9, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a Queens man for defrauding individuals by falsely holding himself out as an attorney, purporting to provide immigration legal services and advice, and selling a forged Social Security card.
September 8, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today 54 recent law school graduates from 27 law schools are reporting for work at the New York County District Attorney's Office.
August 31, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment, arrest and extradition of VIATCHESLAV VASILYEV and VLADIMIR KRAMARENKO for global trafficking in stolen credit card account numbers, cybercrime, and identity theft.
August 20, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of a New York City police officer for submitting forged documents in a fraudulent attempt to obtain housing assistance from the City of New York.
August 13, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today that a New York County Grand Jury has voted no affirmative action against Police Officer Andrew Dunton in connection with an on-duty shooting on May 28, 2009, in which Police Officer Omar Edwards was killed.
August 11, 2009 DA Morgenthau will be attending a White House reception tomorrow for the newly-appointed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
August 6, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of two individuals for illegally practicing law and operating a fraudulent immigration consultation business in Chinatown.
August 3, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of former New York Giants receiver PLAXICO BURRESS, 31, on charges of possession of a loaded pistol and reckless endangerment in connection with an incident in which he shot himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub.
July 30, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today that two personal injury lawyers have pleaded guilty to failing to pay personal income taxes on cash they received from a suspended personal injury lawyer who was later convicted of stealing money from multiple clients.
July 29, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a concrete lab director and a building materials testing laboratory for defrauding numerous state agencies and scores of private clients in connection with construction material testing.
July 28, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today a 186- count indictment of a check bundler and the owner of check cashing companies for repeatedly falsifying business records to avoid New York State banking and anti-money laundering reporting requirements..
July 22, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a 39-year-old Queens man for raping a woman he abducted from a night club.
July 22, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a New Jersey woman who stole over $1.7 million from the Manhattan-based private investment firm where she worked as the office manager.
July 15, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and guilty pleas of a Washington Heights tax preparer who filed dozens of false and fraudulent tax returns for her clients over the past four tax seasons.
July 14, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and second indictment of former art gallery owner LAWRENCE B. SALANDER and the SALANDER-O�REILLY GALLERIES, LLC, on additional charges, and the arrest and indictment of LEIGH MORSE, the former director of the SALANDER-O�REILLY GALLERIES, for stealing from and defrauding consignors of art.
July 10, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and guilty plea of a Manhattan attorney for failure to collect New York City and State withholding tax from his employees� wages in the amount of $51,916.
July 9, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and guilty plea of the owner of Nargila Grill, arising out of the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in collected sales tax and the evasion of State and City corporate taxes.
July 8, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the second indictment charging a lawyer with stealing settlement and escrow monies from his clients. This second indictment charges the defendant with stealing more than $1.5 million from five clients.
July 8, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of 13 individuals and a mortgage origination company for perpetrating over $100 million in mortgage fraud over a four-year period in the New York City metropolitan area.
July 7, 2009 DA Morgenthau today announced the indictment of 19 members of the Trinitarios street gang for conspiracy and cocaine trafficking in Washington Height.
July 2, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a Bronx man for directing a fraudulent scheme to obtain subsidized apartments for unqualified tenants by filing false applications with the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC).
July 1, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of the former Chief Operating Officer of 3V Capital Management LLC, a hedge fund management company, for stealing $250,000 from one of the funds he managed, and for creating forged documents to accomplish and cover up the theft.
June 30, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of the founder and former chief executive officer of a defunct non-profit agency, The Valley, Inc., for stealing over a quarter of a million dollars from the organization and for not filing his personal income taxes.
June 24, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and guilty pleas of the chief executive officer of an industrial supply company and of that corporation, for selling counterfeit parts for subway car motors and bus transmissions to the New York City Transit (NYCT) division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
June 23, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of an Upper East Side man for raping and sexually assaulting 11 women, and the indictment of his personal assistant for having facilitated the sexual assaults of nine of the victims.
June 17, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of JACK CHANG on charges of coercion, placing a false bomb or hazardous substance, stalking, and aggravated harassment.
June 3, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Long Island City-based general contracting firm, M. A. ANGELIADES, INC., and its principals for defrauding employees out of $600,000 in unpaid wages and benefits.
May 27, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of 18 individuals for operating an identity theft and bank fraud scheme, involving hundreds of victims, thousands of counterfeit checks and numerous commercial banks in Manhattan.
May 26, 2009 DA Morgenthau's statement regarding the selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
May 20, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of eleven stockbrokers, three traders and two principal owners of Joseph Stevens & Company, Inc., a defunct securities firm based in Manhattan, for operating a racketeering scheme that netted $6.2 million in unlawful commissions.
May 19, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a lawyer for stealing $652,600 in settlement monies from 11 of his personal injury and medical malpractice clients.
May 11, 2009 DA Morgenthau, Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan, New York DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John P. Gilbride, NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, and Special Agent-in-Charge Department of Homeland Security Immigration Customs Enforcement New York Peter J. Smith today announce the indictment of four New York based drug traffickers in connection with four murders in the Dominican Republic.
May 7, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the promotions in his Office.
April 30, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of two individuals and a payroll services company for stealing nearly $1.7 million and creating a tax liability in that amount for over 300 clients throughout the United States.
April 28, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of two New York City police officers.
April 24, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of a Queens tax preparer for stealing more than $80,000 from his clients.
April 21, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of three foreign nationals for kidnapping, robbery, and other crimes, in connection with a scheme to open a restaurant in lower Manhattan by threatening the landlord’s agent, avoiding paying rent and stealing blank checks.
April 16, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of a 66-year-old Manhattan man, MYLES RAPPAPORT, and four other individuals in connection with a rapid refund tax scheme.
April 7, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today a 118-count indictment of a Chinese citizen and his company for charges relating to the misuse of Manhattan banks and the proliferation of illicit missile and nuclear technology to the Government of Iran.
April 6, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Brooklyn man for filing a forged deed and other fraudulent documents in an attempt to steal a Harlem brownstone.
April 2, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a former temporary worker at the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) for stealing $520,640 from the corporation in a long-running scheme involving altered timesheets and forged payment requests.
April 2, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of a maintenance supervisor for the New York State Department of Mental Health (OMH) and his sister for receiving bribes in connection with the award of construction projects at several state psychiatric facilities.
April 1, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a 20-year-old Brooklyn man for raping a woman last month on a city street in Chelsea.
April 1, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today a settlement agreement with TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. (Take-Two) in connection with an investigation into the company’s fraudulent executive compensation practices.
March 26, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a 54-year-old man for a series of arsons, including an apartment lobby and four car fires, on the Upper West Side and possessing loaded guns.
March 26, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and 100-count indictment of former art gallery owner LAWRENCE B. SALANDER and the SALANDER-O’REILLY GALLERIES, LLC for stealing $88 million from investors, owners, and a bank.
March 16, 2009 DA Morgenthau today announced the arrest of a former bail bondsman for submitting materially false documents to judges in Manhattan Supreme Court to bail out defendants charged with felony crimes.
March 5, 2009 DA Morgenthau today announced the arrest of a 49-year-old man for creating multiple aliases to engage in a campaign of impersonation and harassment relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls and scholars of opposing viewpoints.
March 4, 2009 DA Morgenthau today announced today the indictment and arrest of the owner of Rancho Jubilee Restaurant in Washington Heights, for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in collected sales tax.
March 3, 2009 DA Morgenthau today announced the arrests and indictment of two principals of a phony real estate investment firm for operating a fraudulent investment scheme, which resulted in the theft of over $1 million.
February 17, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New Jersey man for stealing $2,514,519 from his former employer, Morgan Stanley.
February 11, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New York City Police Officer in connection with an assault on a tenant of a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) building.
February 10, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today that he was giving New York City a total of $175 million.
February 5, 2009 DA Morgenthau today announced the indictment of a Brooklyn man for stealing $331,376.42 from the New York County Lawyer’s Association (NYCLA) in a payroll scheme.
January 28, 2009 DA Morgenthau today announced the arrests and indictment of 15 members and associates of a Hamilton Heights drug gang known as the “Stack Money Family” or “$MF,” and two additional drug dealers from the same area, on charges including conspiracy and the possession and sale of narcotics.
January 28, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced the indictment of a Brooklyn-based lawyer and his law firm for stealing over $4 million from guardianship bank accounts the lawyer supervised for incapacitated people.
January 22, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New York City police officer.
January 21, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a 59-year-old man for pretending to be an immigration lawyer and was charged with Scheme to Defraud, Grand Larceny, and other related charges.
January 15, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New Jersey man for falsely filing forged deeds in an attempt to transfer four Chinatown properties to himself.
January 14, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a man for kidnapping a 14-year-old girl from her apartment building in Washington Heights and bringing her to a Bronx motel.
January 9, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the British bank, Lloyds TSB Bank plc (“LLOYDS”) in settlement of a “stripping” scheme in which the Bank caused the falsification of the records of New York financial institutions and enabled its Iranian and Sudanese banking clients to access the U.S. banking system in violation of federal sanctions prohibiting such conduct.
January 6, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of the former purchasing agent for the John Galt Corporation (“Galt”) for stealing $1.2 million from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (“LMDC”) and Arch Insurance Group (“Arch”), Galt’s bonding company, during the abatement and deconstruction of the Deutsche Bank building.
January 5, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a tower crane rigger and his company on homicide and related charges in the crane collapse on March 15, 2008, that caused the deaths of seven people.

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