All news on the topic: Brooklyn

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U.S. uncovers $10.6 billion Medicare fraud linked to Russian criminal network
A Russia-based criminal syndicate ran one of the largest Medicare frauds in American history out of a storefront in Brooklyn, billing the program more than $10.6 billion and collecting roughly $941 million before federal agents unraveled it.
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Titanic lifeboat seat cushion expected to fetch £180,000 at auction
A seat cushion from one of the Titanic’s lifeboats is expected to fetch up to £180,000 at auction later this month.
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Ex-con with alleged cartel and mafia links appears in Drake video as past crimes resurface
Before his appearance in a Drake video, Hamdi Lataj was convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to commit bank burglary.
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“Good evening, Happy New Year”: detained Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro appears in first footage from a New York jail after US military operation
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who was reportedly detained by US military forces during an operation in Caracas, has been transferred to a detention facility in Brooklyn, New York.
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Rapper Pras Michel gets 14-year prison term over illegal foreign contributions into Obama campaign
Defense attorney Peter Zeidenberg said his client’s 14-year sentence was "completely disproportionate to the offense." Michel will appeal against his conviction and sentence, according to his lawyer.
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Zhi Dong Zhang on trial in Brooklyn after tunnel breakout in Mexico and circuitous flight to Cuba and Russia
Alleged trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang escaped through a tunnel in Mexico before flying to Cuba and reportedly to Russia, but now he finds himself on trial in a Brooklyn courtroom.
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Pair accused of running Ponzi scheme backed by non-existent rare wines face long prison terms
James Wellesley stood before a judge in Brooklyn on Oct. 7 and pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy.
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Two girls die in New York subway surfing tragedy
Two girls were discovered dead on a New York City train in the early hours of Saturday morning in a "subway surfing" stunt that went tragically wrong, officials confirmed.
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Sentencing hearing for Sean ’Diddy’ Combs opens in packed Brooklyn courtroom
The sentencing hearing for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has officially begun in a packed federal courtroom in Brooklyn.
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Three dead and nine injured in bloody shooting at New York nightclub
A manhunt is underway for four gunmen after a club shooting left three dead and nine others injured in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sean ’Diddy’ Combs moved to jail cell with ’enhanced protection’ alongside cryptocurrency fraudster
Sean ’Diddy’ Combs has reportedly been moved to a different area of the Metropolitan Detention Center where there is ’special protection’
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Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is incarcerated: a look at the violence, squalor, and death
Fighting to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul’s lawyers highlighted a litany of horrors at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he was headed: horrific conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths.