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Upper East Side ‘pickup artist’ who rioted at Capitol gets 3.5 years prison time for hoarding ammo, weapons 
A QAnon conspiracy theorist who rioted at the nation’s Capitol — and urged men to sexually assault women as part of his work as a “pickup artist” — was sentenced Monday to 3½ years in prison for hoarding an arsenal of ammunition and weapons on the Upper East Side.
Man accused of attacking 7 Asian women faces felony hate-crime charges
It was around 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 when a blond man wearing a light blue T-shirt and dark pants punched a 57-year-old Asian woman in the face, police said. For about the next two hours, the same man would assault six more Asian women as he made his way down 30 blocks in Manhattan, according to authorities. Steven Zajonc, 28, was arrested three days later. On Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Zajonc has been indicted on 13 hate-crime charges — six for felony assault and seven for aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor.
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
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