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Operators of New York auction house charged with illegal sales of ivory and rhino horn artefacts ![Click For More](https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/themes/dany/img/long-4.svg)
Merces Gallery, a Great Neck, New York-based online auction business, and its proprietors Grace Hu and Yincheng Wu were indicted on 14 June by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office for selling tens of thousands of dollars worth of objects made from elephant ivory and rhino horn. Hu, Wu and their gallery have each been been charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with three counts of illegal commercialisation of wildlife.
D.A. Bragg, HSI, And DEC Announce Indictment Of Man And Woman For Selling Illegal Ivory ![Click For More](https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/themes/dany/img/long-4.svg)
“Yincheng Wu and Grace Hu allegedly sold thousands of dollars’ worth of illegal ivory, harming an already endangered species by perpetuating the illicit market for ivory,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Those who partake in the illegal ivory trade will be held accountable. I thank our law enforcement partners for their assistance in this investigation.”
An NYPD inspector tried to cover up his date’s drunken crash, prosecutors say ![Click For More](https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/themes/dany/img/long-4.svg)
A New York Police Department inspector has been indicted on charges that he lied to investigators and tried to get incriminating video footage erased after his girlfriend drunkenly crashed his police car into a cab, prosecutors said Thursday.
Veteran NYPD commander indicted on drunk driving charges, covering up incident ![Click For More](https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/themes/dany/img/long-4.svg)
A veteran NYPD precinct commander who was suspended following a 2022 crash with a city cabbie has been indicted on multiple charges connected to covering up a drunken-driving incident, prosecutors said Thursday.
Man Accused Of Posing As Immigration Atty Cops To Larceny ![Click For More](https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/themes/dany/img/long-4.svg)
A New York City man who was accused by city prosecutors of posing as an immigration attorney and fraudulently raking in legal fees pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of petit larceny and was sentenced to time served.
Ex-NYPD deputy inspector accused of getting Midtown bar to delete video in cover-up of booze-fueled cop car crash ![Click For More](https://manhattanda.org/wp-content/themes/dany/img/long-4.svg)
Paul Zangrilli, 44, then an NYPD deputy inspector, allegedly let his girlfriend, Nikole Rupple, 35, drive his unmarked police car after they had been drinking for hours, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
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