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Suspect in New York City attacks on Asian women indicted on felony hate charges 
A man arrested last month in a string of attacks on seven Asian women in New York City has been indicted on felony and misdemeanor hate crimes charges, prosecutors announced Monday. Steven Zajonc, 28, is charged with six felony counts of third-degree assault as a hate crime and seven counts of second-degree aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor hate crime, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement.
Manhattan D.A.: 6 facing charges in takedown of global bitcoin money laundering operation
The Manhattan District Attorney calls it a takedown of a global bitcoin money laundering operation. Thursday afternoon, several defendants were arraigned on numerous charges.
Ex-Party Producer Charged in $2.7 Million Bitcoin-Laundering Scheme
Dark-web drug dealers selling ketamine, MDMA and counterfeit Xanax in every state in America. An identity thief hacking into his targets’ cellphones. A member of an Eastern European organized crime syndicate. These, prosecutors said, were just some of the customers of Thomas Spieker, a former party producer who was charged on Thursday in state court in Manhattan with laundering more than $2.3 million in Bitcoin for criminals around the world from 2018 to 2021.
Upper East Side PTA treasurer busted for embezzling $185,000 for luxury lifestyle
An Upper East Side PTA treasurer with a checkered past funded lavish trips to St. Lucia and Bermuda and a luxe lifestyle with $185,000 he embezzled from the children’s school fund, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Tuesday
Artifacts seized from U.S. billionaire returned to Israel
Prosecutors in New York announced the repatriation Tuesday of $5 million worth of looted antiquities seized from billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt to Israel, where Steinhardt is well known as a patron of cultural institutions. The 39 items being returned to Israel include two gold masks dating from about 5000 B.C. that are valued at $500,000 and a set of three death masks that date from 6000 to 7000 B.C. and are worth a total of $650,000, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.
Bragg Creates New Division to Use Alternatives to Prison Across Manhattan DA’s Office
Bragg said its creation is to further use diversion and evidence-based programming to "ensure individuals involved in the criminal justice system receive necessary services to reduce recidivism and enhance public safety."
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