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Father-Son Scammers In Maryland Sentenced For Laundering Millions Through Drugs, Bitcoin: Feds
A 72-year-old Maryland father and his 38-year-old son have been sentenced for a money laundering conspiracy involving Bitcoins and Xanax, federal authorities announced.
Joseph Farace, 72, of Sparks, Maryland, received a 19-month federal prison sentence that will be followed by two years of supervised release.
His son, Ryan Farace, of Reisterstown, a previously convicted felon, got a 54-month sentence, US Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron said in a joint release.
Ryan Farace was first convicted for a scheme to manufacture and sell Xanax in exchange for Bitcoin throu…
Corrections Officer, Inmate Get Time For Bribery, Drug Smuggling Scheme At DC Jail
A former corrections officer is heading to prison and an inmate will face more time for their roles in a bribery scheme at a DC jail, federal authorities announced.
Inmate Andre Gregory, 31, of Washington, DC, and Officer Beverly Williams, 52, of Upper Marlboro were sentenced this week to time behind bars after admitting to smuggling drugs into the District of Columbia Central Detention Facility.
Gregory got 42 months in prison, while Williams was sentenced to 18 months. A third co-conspirator, Keywaune McLeod, 28, is still awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty earlier this year.
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NJ's Billy McFarland Wants You To Live With Him As He Plans Fyre Festival 2 — No, Seriously
Billy McFarland is still trying to make Fyre Festival happen.
McFarland, who was raised in Short Hills, is planning Fyre Festival 2 in the Hamptons in August, and he's letting someone witness the craziness firsthand.
Fyre Festival 1 very much did not go as planned.
In a video posted to social media platforms on Thursday, July 20, McFarland said he is offering eight people the chance to live with him for two weeks in August as he plans Fyre Festival 2.
"You'll be there for all the crazy buildup, for the jet skis, the flights, the actual event itself, and of course the afterparty," McFarla…
Former Ramapo Podiatrist, Sister Charged In Alleged New Plot To Kill Wife
A podiatrist from the Hudson Valley has been accused of trying to get his wife killed for a second time, this time with the alleged aid of his sister.
Rockland County resident Ira Bernstein, age 49, of Montebello, and Northern Westchester resident Jaclyn Goldberg, age 40, of Bedford, have been indicted by a grand jury following an investigation conducted by the Town of Ramapo Police Department with the assistance of the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office.
From July 29, 2022 through September 21, 2022, Ira Bernstein is alleged to have solicited the murder of his wife S…
21-Year-Old Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing Man After Argument At Hempstead Park
A 21-year-old man will spend years in prison for fatally stabbing an acquaintance after an argument at a Long Island park.
Jose Ortiz-Trochez, of Hempstead, was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to 19 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision for the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Juan Gabriel Chic-Sian on March 28, 2019, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced.
Ortiz-Trochez stabbed Chic-Sian in the abdomen in Hempstead, at Brierley Park, at about 11:45 p.m., Donnelly said.
Chic-Sian was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Ortiz-Trochez…
Decomposed Body Found In Derby Home That Of Ponzi Swindler, Jeffrey Epstein Mentor
A body found in a Connecticut home during a welfare check has positively been identified as Steven Hoffenberg, a longtime mentor of Jeffrey Epstein.
Hoffenberg, the one-time owner of the New York Post and businessman who spent 18 years in prison for a $460 million Ponzi scheme, was found in the New Haven County home around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the city of Derby.
According to the Derby Police, the medical examiner's office confirmed on Friday, Aug. 26, that the badly decomposed body was that of Hoffenberg.
An initial autopsy did not find signs of trauma on the body, the…
