A pair of construction company owners cheated the government out of more than $1.6 million, cashing in on loans designed to help businesses struggling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Manhattan prosecutors said Friday.
Shootings and murders in Manhattan have decreased compared to last year, recent NYPD crime data shows. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Thursday that his office has had a “focused, laser-like approach” to tackling crime in the borough and bringing charges against the worst offenders.
Nearly 200 stolen antiquities valued at about $3.4 million have been returned to Pakistan from New York after an investigation into a Madison Avenue art dealer who has been in prison in India for more than a decade, authorities said.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office has frozen more than $1.3 million in stolen cryptocurrency this year as part of its efforts to crack down on “cyberthieves,” it said Thursday. Cryptocurrency scammers who targeted three Manhattan residents between November of last year and April of this year bilked them out of more than $1.7 million, the DA’s office said in a press release.
We are doing the hard work to make Manhattan safer through a data-driven, problem solving approach that gets dangerous people off our streets by prosecuting those that do harm; stops recidivism by connecting people to long-term supportive services; and enhances safety by investing in communities and prevention.
