Feds: Six Charged in Long Island ‘Birth Tourism’ Scheme
Long Island federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged six people with operating what officials called a massive illegal “birth tourism” scheme in which dozens of pregnant Turkish women paid up to $10,000 to give birth in Suffolk County so that their children would have U.S. citizenship.
Mobsters of New York’s Gambino and Bonanno crime families sentenced on drug and gambling charges
They were rounded up in a bust said to be “a major disruption of La Costra Nostra’s activities on Long Island”. John “Johnny Boy” Ambrosio, Frank “Frankie Boy” Salerno, and Anthony Saladino will spend several years in prison for their crimes.
Members and Associates of the Gambino and Bonanno Organized Crime Families Sentenced for Racketeering
Indictment Included Predicate Acts of Drug Trafficking, Loan Sharking, Gambling and Obstruction of Justice
Inside Illegal Dumping Scheme “Operation Pay Dirt”
An undercover operation that netted dozens of arrests Tuesday on illegal dumping charges centered on a dirt broker who offered residents clean fill and instead arranged for debris and solid waste to be placed on their properties.
Long-Time Gambino Crime Family Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy
John “Johnny Boy” Ambrosio Supervised Loansharking and Illegal Gambling Operations in Nassau and Suffolk Counties
Seven Members and Associates of the Gambino and Bonanno Crime Families Indicted for Racketeering and Related Charges
Defendants Charged with Drug Trafficking, Loansharking, Gambling and Obstruction Offenses
Inside a Suffolk Wiretap
Throughout most of 2007, day and night, the Suffolk County district attorney’s Government Corruption Bureau eavesdropped on a politically connected attorney’s wiretapped phone.
Two Men Sentenced In White Plains Federal Court In Connection With Sullivan County Arson
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that NICHOLAS MOTTA and DOMINIC MOTTA were sentenced today in White Plains federal court to prison terms of 15 months, and 12 months and one day, respectively, for their roles in a scheme to obtain
DA: LI drug ring busted
A cross-country cocaine pipeline dried up after 44 pounds of the powder bound for Amityville were seized in California, leading to the indictment of 20 people who acted as drug couriers and distributors, Suffolk and federal officials said yesterday.
Authorities bust cocaine ring on Long Island
Authorities took down a coast-to-coast drug ring on Long Island after a yearlong investigation that led to the arrests of 20 people. Members of the massive operation would transport as much as 40 pounds of cocaine at a time from Los Angeles, said Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota. The drugs