Scam Alert: Two New Threats To Neighborhood
The following is a press release from the offices of State Senator Marty Golden: State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) today is alerting local residents to two scam attempts brought to his...
View ArticleVitaly Borker, Manhattan Beach Cyber-Bully, Charged For Possessing Child...
We just got wind of this story and, though we may be a bit late, we wanted to report on the latest for Vitaly Borker, local internet thug. Borker was busted for bashing customers who emailed him to...
View ArticleCyber-Bully Vitaly Borker Sentenced To Four Years For Threatening Online...
Vitaly Borker, the owner of a Manhattan Beach-based online eye-wear retailer accused of harassing and threatening customers, was sentenced to four years in federal prison yesterday. Borker, 35, was...
View ArticleWanted: Police Hunt For Local Scam Artists
Police are looking for the two scam artists caught on camera in the video above. The suspects are described as wearing dark colored wigs and sunglasses, last seen driving a darkly colored four-door...
View ArticleHolocaust Scam Cohort Pleads Guilty To Stealing $150K From Survivors
A disturbing scheme that has been running since 1994, which bilked a Holocaust survivors fund of $57 million, may finally be coming to a close. The scam was uncovered in 2009 after an FBI sting, and a...
View ArticleDesperate Prisoner Flies Banners Over Brighton Asking Obama, Romney, Virgin...
Vadim Vasilenko has been in jail since 2007 for allegedly running a money laundering credit card scam operation that involved $47 million dollars, however he has yet to have his day in court. After...
View ArticleOceana Landlord Janna Doheny Indicted For Medicaid Fraud
Janna Doheny, the owner of multiple units inside Brighton Beach’s posh Oceana condominium development, is charged with bilking more than $29,000 from Medicaid over the course of eight years, according...
View ArticleCymbrowitz Warns Of Scam Artists Posing As Rapid Repair Reps
There’s a new class of despicable low-life in the neighborhood: the Rapid Repair con artist. According to an e-mail blast from Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, his office has been fielding complaints...
View ArticleCymbrowitz Co-Sponsors Bill To Inform Disaster Victims Of Their Rights
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz co-sponsored a couple of bills designed to protect residents from shady insurers (A.2287) as well as require insurance companies to cut through the red tape when...
View ArticleCity Council Passes Fidler Bill Requiring Gas Stations To Post All Prices On...
The following is a press release from the offices of Councilman Lew Fidler: City Councilman Lew Fidler is proud to announce that the City Council unanimously voted, at their Stated Meeting yesterday,...
View ArticleBrighton Beach Holocaust Fund Scammer Jailed For Neary Two Years
The forger of phony papers that allowed a Brighton Beach-based ring of individuals to ripoff more than $57 million from a reparations fund for Holocaust victims was sentenced to serve nearly two years...
View ArticleAfter International Manhunt, Arthur Bogoraz Pleads Guilty To $8M No-Fault...
After an international manhunt that lasted nine months and included several nations, fake IDs, an island-hopping private plane piloted by the suspect, and an expanded indictment that saw the suspect’s...
View ArticleAttorney General Shuts Down Midwood-Based Israel Charity Ring, Saying Owner...
A Midwood-based charitable fundraising operation purporting to benefit Israel-related causes was shut down last week, after Attorney general Eric Schneiderman unveiled criminal charges against its...
View ArticleDeutsch Wants Tougher Penalties For Identity Theft And Bank Card Skimming
City Council candidate Chaim Deutsch is tired of people dealing with the nightmare of identity theft, and is hoping that tougher penalties will deter future ripoff artists from pulling scams. In a...
View ArticleDEA, NYPD Bust $3.4 Million Rx Drug Ring In Sheepshead Bay
Authorities from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and NYPD busted a trafficking ring accused of setting up phony Sheepshead Bay medical practices to dole out prescriptions for highly addictive...
View ArticleCymbrowitz Urges Residents To Be On Alert Regarding Apartment Rental Scams
Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz is asking residents to be on guard in light of a rash of apartment rental scams plaguing the city. According to a press release, Cymbrowitz described the common scam and...
View ArticleWhen It Comes To E-Fraud, I (Hope I) Won’t Get Fooled Again
BETWEEN THE LINES: In conjunction with occasional Sheepshead Bites postings of Crime Prevention Tips from the NYPD’s 61st Precinct, here’s my tale of identity theft. You’ve probably heard the...
View ArticleSemen Domnitser, Ringleader In $57 Million Holocaust Reparations Fraud...
The ringleader of a $57.3 million fraud scheme that siphoned money from of a Holocaust reparations fund was sentenced to eight years behind bars yesterday, announced United States Attorney Preet...
View ArticleNYPD Warns Of Telephone Scam Asking For Bail Money, Ransom
The New York Police Department is circulating the above flier to local civic groups and political offices in an effort to quash a new telephone scam. According to the flier, victims are receiving phone...
View ArticleCops Hunt Con Artist Stealing Goods From Brighton Beach Seniors
Police are looking for help tracking down a suspect in a rash of Brighton Beach burglaries in which the suspect gains the confidence of his victims before making off with cash and jewelry. CBS reports:...
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