Tag: Queens
Alberto Gomez, Real Estate Investment Fraud, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Alberto Gomez, a Queens accountant, has been indicted for running multiple real estate investment fraud schemes that scammed over a dozen investors out of more than $3 million. The schemes involved Gomez soliciting investments for properties he didn’t own and selling more than 100% ownership interest in properties across Long Island.…
Lori Zeno and Rashad Ruhani, Embezzlement, New York 2023
⏱ 2 min read Lori Zeno, the former executive director of Queens Defenders, a non-profit legal services organization, and Rashad Ruhani, a former employee, were sentenced to prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the organization in Queens, New York. The scheme, which took place over an unspecified period, resulted in the theft…
David Ortiz, Bank Robbery, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a brazen daytime heist, David Ortiz robbed a Brinks armored truck in Queens, making off with over $500,000 destined for a Bank of America branch. The crime occurred when Ortiz, armed with a firearm, threatened the truck’s employees and stole the cash. The incident happened in broad daylight, putting the…
Pharmacy Owner, Medicare Fraud, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A brazen Queens pharmacy owner got 63 months in the slammer for bilking Medicare and Medicaid out of $24.4 million. Taesung Kim, known as ‘Terry,’ laundered the cash from a long-running scheme involving unnecessary prescription drugs. Kim’s scheme went down in Brooklyn, where he was sentenced today. Prosecutors say Kim paid…
Carjackers Terrorize NYC Suburbs in Violent Spree
⏱ 2 min read In a brazen wave of carjackings and home invasion robberies, six defendants allegedly terrorized residents of Queens, Brooklyn, and Long Island between July 12 and August 2, 2025. The suspects, Leny Cruz, Brandon Corona, Eddie Nunez, Jose Ramos, Savion Jones, and Justin Kenny, are accused of using violence to threaten and…
Jaquell Blackwell, Abdoul Azika, Armed Carjacking, New York 2023
⏱ 2 min read Terror gripped a Long Island neighborhood when two gang members, Jaquell Blackwell and Abdoul Azika, ambushed a driver with a knife and a gun, stealing his car at knifepoint. The brazen armed carjacking happened in Garden City on March 19, 2023. The pair, part of the Bronx-based Blood Hounds Brims gang,…
Catalina Corona, Wire Fraud, New York 2024
⏱ 3 min read A 49-year-old personal assistant from Queens, NY, Catalina Corona, swindled nearly $10 million from her elderly employers in a brazen Long Island, NY, wire fraud scheme that spanned seven years. Between 2017 and 2024, Corona deposited hundreds of checks from her victims’ bank accounts without their knowledge or consent, using the…
Juan Hernandez, Racketeering Conspiracy, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read Two members of the notorious 18th Street Gang, Herberth Rodríguez and Elias Martínez Villanueva, were found guilty of murder in-aid-of racketeering and other gang-related crimes in Queens, New York. The verdict came after a three-week trial, which revealed the duo’s involvement in the brutal murder of Diego Vanegas Vásquez on November…
