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  • long island lottery scam
  • Three men suspected of swindling a lottery winner out of $75,000 will be arraigned Tuesday in a Suffolk County court.
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long island, fraud, lottery, theft, long island news
  • atm cyber theft
  • Eight members of a New York cell are charged in a massive 21st century bank heist that reached across the Internet and stretched around the globe, inflicting $45 million in losses on the financial system in a matter of hours.
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new york city, fraud, bank robbery, bank, atm fraud, cyber crime, internet, new york news
  • long island lottery scam
  • A construction worker thought he struck it big winning more than $700, but it turns out his ticket was worth thousands.
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long island, fraud, lottery, theft, long island news, josh einiger
  • muhammed farooq
  • Authorities say the owner of four dollar stores in northern New Jersey allowed patrons to make more than $5 million in fraudulent food stamp transactions.
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new jersey, newark, east orange, fraud, new jersey news
  • shanel nadal and john payne
  • A New York City couple who abducted their eight children from foster care in 2011 now face charges they took more than $116,000 in child care subsidies and other benefits even though the children weren't living with them.
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new york city, abduction, fraud, new york news
  • cardiologist dr. jose katz
  • Dr. Jose Katz admitted taking part in a scheme that subjected thousands of patients to unnecessary tests and treatment and resulted in $19 million in bogus bills.
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new york city, new jersey, arrest, fraud, new york news
  • christopher inserra
  • A New York police officer moonlighting as the lead singer in a punk rock band was flailing around on stage while claiming he couldn't work because of an arm injury, federal authorities said Tuesday.
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new york city, port authority, fraud, new york news
  • debit card scheme
  • Police have caught four people they say stole more than $300,000 from Manhattan banks in a fake debit card scheme.
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new york city, bank robbery, fraud, arrest, new york news
  • Dr. Naveed Ahmad allegedly gave prescriptions to people who didn't need them and billed for procedures he never performed.
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new york city, brooklyn, east new york, fraud, prescription drugs, new york news, sarah wallace
  • A company that sold Sept. 11 commemorative coins supposedly containing silver from ground zero has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle charges that it deceived consumers.
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new york city, fraud, september 11, new york news
  • The owner of an upscale sandwich chain surrendered to federal investigators Thursday morning to face wire fraud charges.
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new york city, fraud, new york news
  • facebook
  • Prosecutors say Paul Ceglia fabricated and destroyed evidence for a lawsuit that falsely claimed he had been promised a 50 percent share in Facebook.
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new york city, facebook, fraud, new york news
  • Mark Hotton appeared out of nowhere this year, offering to come to the financial rescue of a fledgling Broadway adaptation of the psychological thriller "Rebecca."
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long island, broadway, fraud, long island news
  • Kristin Thorne reports he is accused of falsely promising investments for the show "Rebecca"
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broadway, fraud, eyewitness news
  • A Bay Ridge auto dealer must pay almost $300,000 in restitution to customers for fraudulent sales practices.
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new york city, brooklyn, bay ridge, fraud, new york news
  • A family owned store in business for 50 years never had a sale go bad in all those years, until they wanted to help out a local bishop and trusted his check was good.
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fraud, 7 on your side, nina pineda
  • Prosecutors say friends and family members held several fundraisers for Lori Stilley of Delran.
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new jersey, cancer, fraud, new jersey news
  • New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says a man who did liposuction and other cosmetic surgery without a medical license faces six months in prison and payment of $8,700 in restitution.
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new york city, fraud, new york news
  • A New York City rabbi who was fired as a Correction Department chaplain for arranging a lavish jailhouse bar mitzvah has pleaded guilty to making false statements in connection to a federal housing scheme.
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new york city, rabbi, fraud, new york news
  • Elizabeth Vargas previews her special report on 20/20 Friday night at 10:00 on ABC 7
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wedding, fraud, eyewitness news
  • Brian Ross joins us to discuss his ABC News Nightline special report
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eyewitness news at 4 p.m., fraud, eyewitness news
  • Prosecutors said the scheme lasted six years and involved Parkin wearing a blond wig, dress and oversized sunglasses.
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new york city, fraud, new york news
  • manuel carranza
  • A Long Island man is accused of practicing dentistry, but not really being a dentist.
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long island, new cassel, crime, fraud, long island news
  • More cheerleaders are left without jackets they paid for, as the owner of the company they ordered from goes to court.
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fraud, new jersey, 7 on your side, nina pineda
  • A mother lost her job at a New York school for faking her daughter's death.
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new york city, fraud, new york news
  • She claimed to be poor, but prosecutors it was all a scam by her and her husband, a wealthy doctor, to scam gov't benefits.
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fraud, investigations, sarah wallace
  • Sarah Wallace has more on the Brighton Beach couple's alleged Medicaid scam.
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eyewitness news 6pm, fraud, insurance fraud, eyewitness news
  • N.J. Burkett has more on the strip club's underground activities.
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eyewitness news 5pm, arrest, fraud, eyewitness news
  • As many as two dozen people were arrested for their roles in an alleged scheme to bring women to the U.S. to work in strip clubs.
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new york city, fraud, new york news
  • Anthony Johnson has more on the club's fraudulous activities.
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eyewitness news noon, marriage, fraud, eyewitness news
  • Dave Evans has more on John Liu's fundraiser's fraud charges
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eyewitness news 6pm, new york state politics, fraud, eyewitness news
  • All Care Chimney's Long Island based company faces charges of fraud following a report by 7 On Your Side.
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long island, new jersey, fraud, 7 on your side, nina pineda
  • Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown say 111 individuals have been indicted in the largest identity theft takedown in U.S. history.
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new york city, queens, credit card, fraud, identity theft, id theft, crime, new york news
  • Josh Einiger reports
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eyewitness news 5pm, arrest, fraud, eyewitness news
  • Authorities in New Jersey have charged 11 people, including three chiropractors, in connection with an insurance fraud case.
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new jersey, fraud, insurance fraud, chiropractor, new jersey news
  • The Brooklyn district attorney says an auto body shop has been indicted in an insurance fraud case.
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new york city, brooklyn, fraud, new york news, darla miles
  • A doctor from Manhattan and dozens of his patients are charged with defrauding Medicaid for expensive treatment therapies.
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new york city, manhattan, washington heights, fraud, new york news, jeff pegues
  • A Bronx man is facing charges after police say he claimed to be injured in an accident he was clearly not involved in.
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new york city, fraud, accident, bronx, new york news
  • A daycare owner in Brooklyn is accused of stealing thousands of dollars taxpayer money.
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new york city, brooklyn, coney island, fraud, new york news, sandra bookman
  • Two New York City school bus drivers were arrested Thursday morning, accused of fraudulently obtaining licenses.
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new york city, queens, bus, fraud, new york news
  • New York City police have video they say shows a staged accident last summer in the Bronx.
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new york city, bronx, fraud, new york news
  • Sandra Bookman reports
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eyewitness news 5pm, robbery, fraud, long island, eyewitness news
  • Investigators have arrested three people accused in an elaborate scheme to frame an innocent Far Rockaway woman.
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long island, nassau county, mineola, far rockaway, arrest, crime, fraud, wrongly accused, long island news
  • Authorities say a New Jersey man used an electronic device stolen from a supermarket to fraudulently load thousands of dollars onto blank gift cards then sold them for a profit.
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new jersey, union county, linden, elizabeth, crime, fraud, new jersey news
  • A Long Island man allegedly went to great lengths to get a refund, and authorities say put the public in danger as a result.
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long island, fraud, woodmere, long island news
  • A New York judge has set bail at $5 million for a former Bernard Madoff employee accused of helping conceal the disgraced financier's massive Ponzi scheme.
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new york city, bernie madoff, fraud, bail, new york news
  • There is new information on an identity theft and bank fraud ring that targeted hundreds of victims in New York City.
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new york city, identity theft, fraud, local news
  • Heartless scammers are accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars that was supposed to help Holocaust survivors.
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new york city, brooklyn, fraud, local news, tim fleischer
  • New York City has uncovered pension fraud totaling $500,000, money that had been intended for dead city employees.
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new york city, fraud, local news
  • Officials say tourists and residents unsuspectingly overpaid hundreds of thousands of dollars in all.
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new york city, taxi, cab drivers, fraud, local news, stacey sager