Tag: New York
Ghoul Texts CEO Widow: ‘Your Kids Are Next’
⏱ 3 min read Shane Daley, 40, of Galway, New York, wasn’t content to let tragedy stand alone. Hours after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was brutally murdered in Manhattan in late 2024, Daley allegedly unleashed a torrent of digital cruelty, flooding Thompson’s family with voicemails. These weren’t condolences; they were celebrations of death and direct…
Albany Firm Coughs Up $1.9M in PPP Scam
⏱ 3 min read Albany manufacturer Sark Wire Corporation is on the hook for $1.9 million after admitting they cooked the books to grab COVID-19 relief money. Back in 2020, when the CARES Act was supposed to be a lifeline for struggling businesses, Sark Wire allegedly lied about its size to qualify for Paycheck Protection…
K$ Grift: Online Guru Cops a Plea
⏱ 3 min read Kenneth Thom, a 40-ish ex-broker known online as “K$” and “K Money,” confessed in Manhattan Federal Court today to fleecing investors with a classic pump-and-dump scheme. Thom, already radioactive in the financial world, built a slick online persona to lure victims after being barred from trading in 2011. He’s facing sentencing…
Bolivian Cop Gets 25 Years for Coke Pipeline
⏱ 3 min read Maximiliano Davila Perez, the former director of Bolivia’s anti-drug agency, is facing a quarter-century in federal prison after a New York jury convicted him of orchestrating a cocaine pipeline into the United States. The 50-something Perez didn’t just turn a blind eye to the cartels; he was on their payroll, guaranteeing…
Benefit & Tax Cheat Gets 37 Months
⏱ 3 min read James Pavlounis, 53, is trading his New Rochelle address for a federal prison cell after admitting to a decade-plus con. For 12 years, starting January 2013, Pavlounis pocketed $646,370 in bogus Social Security disability payments while secretly raking in cash from his valet parking business, Select Parking Systems Inc. – and…
Teacher’s Sexting of Minors Lands Him 13 Years
⏱ 3 min read Kostas Fekkas, 40, is heading to federal prison for 13 years after admitting to a sickening campaign of online exploitation. The ex-high school teacher, also known as “Constantine Fekkas” and “C.J. Justice,” used Snapchat and text messages to manipulate two girls – ages 12 and 16 – into sending him explicit…
Medicare Grift: Florida Man Caged for 5 Years
⏱ 3 min read Ted Albin, 53, is trading Florida sunshine for a federal cell after a Manhattan jury slapped him with five years in prison. The charge? A cold-blooded Medicare scam that bled the system for over $12 million. Albin ran the operation from 2016 through April 2021, using his company, Grapevine Professional Services,…
Fake Finance Guru Bilked Followers
⏱ 2 min read Kenneth Thom, operating online as “K$” and “K Money,” admitted in federal court today to running a cold-blooded investment scam out of New York. The 40-something ex-broker preyed on social media followers with promises of easy profits, all while hiding a history of financial misconduct. Thom pleaded guilty to investment adviser…
Manhattan Dealer Tied to Fatal OD
⏱ 3 min read Adam Sloan, a 32-year-old Manhattan drug dealer known on the streets as “Slug,” is facing a federal indictment after authorities linked him to the July 15, 2025 overdose death of a New York City resident. Feds say Sloan peddled the fentanyl that proved fatal, triggering a narcotics distribution resulting in death…
Crime in New York 2008: The Rise of Gun Violence Amidst National Decline
In 2008, New York experienced a disturbing trend – an increase in gun violence, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. The city’s crime rates were a reflection of the nation’s overall decline in violent crime, but the rise of gun-related offenses stood out as a concerning anomaly. The FBI’s UCR program, which…
