Jury Convicts Former Time Warner Technician Guilty Of Computer Crimes

by BCheung on July 29, 2010

Louis Puesan, a Time Warner Cable technician was convicted of 8 counts of Computer Trespass, Computer Tampering, Unlawful Duplication of Computer Related Material, and Unlawful Possession of Computer Related Material, for illegally installing a spyware program on 3 of his employer’s New York City office computers. It was alleged that the spyware program grants Puesan unauthorized access to Time Warner Cable’s customer database and billing system.

Puesan allegedly used a “keylogger” spyware program to store the keystrokes of fellow Time Warner employees. By tracking keystrokes, Puesan acquired passwords of active employees with authorized access to Time Warner’s customer database and billing system.

Puesan currently faces a maximum penalty of 32 years in state prison.

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Two Identity Thieves Arrested And Charged In New York City With Multiple Counts Of Fraud

by BCheung on July 20, 2010

Neferititi Garnett and codefendant Zoe Walmsley were charged in 106 and 80 count indictments respectively in New York State Supreme Court alleging them of defrauding Chase Bank more than $100,000 by impersonating victims using stolen personal information.

Between October 6, 2009 and March 30, 2010, Garnett has allegedly impersonated at least 7 individuals after obtaining their personal identifying information to conduct multiple bank transaction in their Chase bank accounts.

Between February 24, 2009 and March 8, 2010, Walmsley also allegedly impersonated the same victim Garnett has and conducted multiple transactions using his Chase account.

If convicted, Garnet and Walmsley faces a maximum penalty of more than 50 years in prison.

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Former Managing Agent For Charter Management Realty In New York City Faces Dire Consequences For Embezzlement Charges

July 15, 2010

Michael Richter, the former manager of five apartment buildings in Queens, New York, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of grand larceny and falsifying business records for allegedly embezzling approximately $950,000 of tenant maintenance fees.
Between January 2004 and August 2009, Richter allegedly abused his position as a managing agent from Charter Management Realty Inc. [...]

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Former Counsel To Bronx Public Administrator Indicted For Attempting To Defraud New York City If More Than $3000,000

July 13, 2010

Michael M. Lippman, former Counsel to the Bronx Public Administrator, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of grand larceny, scheme to Defraud, Offering a False Instrument for Filing and Falsifying Business Records for conspiring and defrauding the Public Administrator’s office of more than $300,000 in excessive legal fees.
Between 2002 and 2010, Lippman allegedly conspired [...]

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Bribery Attempts Brought Additional Charges To An Alleged Pimp’s Case

July 13, 2010

Dathan Davis, an alleged pimp was additionally indicted with two counts of bribing a witness, two counts of 3rd degree tampering with a witness, two counts of 4th degree tampering with a witness, one count of 2nd degree criminal contempt and one count of endangering the welfare of a child for attempting to bribe and [...]

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The Universal Church’s Treasurer Uses The Church’s Name To Defraud Banks Of More Than $22K

July 12, 2010

Regina DaSilva, treasurer for the Universal Church, a nonprofit organization, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of grand larceny and fraud for scamming two New York State government offices and Signature Bank more than $22 million in fraudulent mortgage loans for her employer.
Between March 2006 and October 2008, DaSilva used the Universal Church’s name [...]

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Foreign Stolen Identity Vendor Faces Charges In New York City

July 9, 2010

Egor Shevelev, a Ukrainian citizen was arrested in Greece and extradited to New York State for multiple counts of fraud and cybercrime. Shevelev allegedly played a role in a global identity theft scheme and global trafficking of stolen credit card account numbers.
Between 2001 and 2007, Shevelev and co-conspirators Viatcheslav Vasilyev, Vladimir Kramarenko, Dzmitry Burak and [...]

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New York State Employee Pleads Guilty To Using Taxpayer’s Money For Personal Gain

July 8, 2010

Robert Pagini, former Senior Mail and Supply Clerk for the New York State Department of Health pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the 4th Degree for inappropriately using approximately $16,000 of the Department of Health’s postage meter to send eBay auctioned items to his bidders, and other personal mail.
Between March 2004 and January 2010, Pagini [...]

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Six Individuals Were Arrested And Charged For Interstate Drug Trade

July 7, 2010

Six residents from California were arrested and charged in Kings County, New York State Court for allegedly selling illegal prescription painkillers and behavior-modifying drugs to students and young professionals in New York City.
The six individuals allegedly advertised their drugs through Craigslist.com to students and young professionals in New York City. Amongst the six charged individuals, [...]

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New York City Liquor Expediter Pleads Guilty To Forgery And Filing False Applications

July 6, 2010

Ellen Lee, an expediter operating a liquor license corporation in Flushing, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, for filing forged and false applications with the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA).
Lee allegedly filed more than 170 fraudulent applications directly to the SLA’s offices [...]

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