Tag: New York
Iftekhar Latif Nieon, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of elder abuse, Iftekhar Latif Nieon, a 24-year-old Bangladeshi man, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Western New York. The scheme, which unfolded in 2025, targeted three victims, including a 68-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man, and involved fake tech support and credit card…
Kenneth Thom, Investment Adviser Fraud, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Kenneth Thom, a suspended broker, scammed 66 social media followers in New York, promising lucrative investment returns. Between late 2023 and March 2025, Thom, aka K$ or K Money, raised nearly $800,000 from his victims, claiming he would manage their investments and share the profits. Instead, he spent most of the…
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, Murder, New York 2024
⏱ 2 min read Luigi Nicholas Mangione admitted to stalking and murdering UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Officer Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street in broad daylight on December 4, 2024. The senseless killing drew national attention and sparked a tireless investigation by the FBI and NYPD. Thompson’s life was cut short in a brutal act of…
Theron Feidt, Possession of Child Pornography, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Theron Feidt, a 54-year-old martial arts business owner from Liverpool, New York, has been charged with possessing child pornography. The disturbing allegations against Feidt, who appeared in federal court, claim he knowingly had material depicting the sexual abuse of children as young as four years old on his iPad on August…
Antonio Rivera-Perez, Fentanyl Trafficking, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read Antonio Rivera-Perez, a 25-year-old Buffalo man, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The crime occurred on January 22 and 28, 2025, when the DEA conducted controlled purchases of fentanyl from Rivera-Perez. A subsequent raid on April 22, 2025,…
Joshua Crowell, Gang-Related Shooting, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read Joshua Crowell, a member of the Bloods gang, unleashed a hail of gunfire at a crowded house party in the Hamptons, wounding three people. The shooting was just one part of Crowell’s violent crime spree, which also included selling fentanyl that resulted in the death of one person and serious injury…
Amy Cheng, Marriage Fraud, New York 2023
⏱ 2 min read A massive marriage fraud scheme spanning over a decade has been dismantled in New York, with 11 defendants charged for orchestrating over 1,000 sham marriages for foreign nationals, primarily citizens of the People’s Republic of China. The scheme, which operated nationwide and internationally, involved defendants Amy Cheng, Xiao Mei Chan, Christine…
Deontae Alexander, Conspiring to Distribute MDMA, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Deontae Alexander, a 39-year-old from Plattsburgh, New York, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute 3.3 kilograms of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, in a DEA sting operation that went down on April 21, 2026. Alexander and his accomplice, Djosaha Azulphar, had planned to sell the drugs to an informant, but…
Kaevon Raymere Leonard, Unauthorized Possession of U.S. Postal Service Key, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read Kaevon Raymere Leonard, a 33-year-old Buffalo man, has been arrested and charged with stealing a U.S. Postal Service key, which was used to access hundreds of blue collection boxes in Buffalo and surrounding areas. The key was stolen at gunpoint from a USPS letter carrier in July 2024, and soon after,…
Deandre Caldwell, Marijuana Trafficking, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Deandre Caldwell, a 34-year-old Albany man, was involved in a large-scale marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) trafficking operation that shipped thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Fresno, California to the Capital Region of New York. Between June 2020 and May 2022, Caldwell received 66 packages containing approximately 306 kilograms, or 675 pounds,…
