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Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Husband Found Guilty of Scheming to Murder Art Dealer Brent Sikkema

A federal jury convicted Daniel Sikkema for murder-for-hire involving the stabbing of his estranged husband Brent Sikkema in Brazil.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

California doctor ran nation's 'largest Botox fraud scheme,' filing $45 million in claims for lush lifestyle

During a four-year period beginning in 2020, Violetta Mailyan pocketed more than $25 million for Botox injections through Medicare payments, more than five times what any other doctor made in the same time frame, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Turns out, it was all part of an elaborate fraud scheme that prosecutors say ignored Medicare's rules for Botox coverage and brazenly fabricated medical records, all to fund the doctor's lavish lifestyle.
Healthcare
Miami
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Four south Florida men convicted in Haitian president's assassination

Four South Florida men were convicted of plotting to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021 using hired mercenaries and supplied weapons and equipment.
Brooklyn
fromHoodline
1 month ago

Brooklyn Trinitarios Member Convicted In MDC Witness Retaliation Case

Brian Hernandez was convicted for a violent jailhouse attack linked to witness retaliation, facing up to 50 years in prison.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Inmate and former Democratic donor Ed Buck must pay victim's mother $2 million, jury says

Buck, 71, plied the men with drugs and then sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious or immobile. In Moore's case and that of another man, Tim Dean, he injected his victims with fatal amounts of methamphetamine.
Los Angeles
Poker
fromIntelligencer
3 months ago

Tom Goldstein Just Lost the Case of His Life

Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein was convicted on 12 of 16 federal charges for tax and mortgage fraud related to hiding poker winnings from his wife, law firm, lenders, and the IRS.
#sex-trafficking
fromNew York Daily News
7 months ago

Ex-MDC Brooklyn jail guard guilty in wild car-chase shooting, faces 10 years minimum

Leon Wilson, 51, blasted a half-dozen rounds at a fleeing BMW after chasing it for a mile from the Sunset Park jail's staff parking lot in the wee hours of Sept. 4, 2023, firing a bullet into the back of a man sitting in the rear seat. He then continued to follow the shot-up BMW to the Brooklyn Bridge, and returned to work without calling 911 or reporting the shooting to his superiors.
US news
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
7 months ago

Trump confirms it: Sean 'Diddy' Combs has asked for a pardon in prostitution case

President Trump said Sean 'Diddy' Combs requested a presidential pardon following his conviction and sentencing to over four years in federal prison.
US news
fromFortune
7 months ago

Sean 'Diddy' Combs gets 4 years in prison and is fined half a million dollars for case involving sex workers, violence and 'freak-offs' | Fortune

Sean "Diddy" Combs received a four-year, two-month federal prison sentence and a $500,000 fine for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters.
NYC politics
frombrooklyneagle.com
11 months ago

Bloods gang leader convicted of narcotics distribution resulting in three overdoses

Gary Johnson, a Bloods gang leader, was convicted of narcotics distribution and faces a lengthy prison sentence.
Boston food
fromBoston.com
11 months ago

Former MBTA Transit Police sergeant found guilty of helping officer who assaulted man file false arrest report

A former sergeant was convicted for helping a fellow officer file a false arrest report after an assault incident.
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