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An attorney in New Jersey has been indicted with multiple counts of bank fraud and other crimes for allegedly obtaining, fraudulently, nearly $9 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to prosecutors. Jae H. Choi, 48 and of Cliffside Park, was indicted Tuesday with four counts of bank fraud, four counts of false statements on a loan application, one…

Former Trump campaign CEO and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was indicted in New York on fraud charges related to a fundraising campaign to build a border wall, federal prosecutors said. Bannon is among four people indicted for allegedly defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to the online “We Build the Wall” campaign.

Some employees in New York City say their companies got loans through the Paycheck Protection Program. But they got laid off anyway. Chris Glorioso.

A Manhattan resident has been charged for a fraudulent scheme to obtain over $20 million in government-guaranteed loans designed to provide relief to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Muge Ma, 36 and from Manhattan, is charged with one count each of bank fraud, wire fraud, and making false statements to a bank — each of…

A man was caught allegedly trying to steal over $20 million in government funds that were meant to help keep small businesses afloat. Jonathan Dienst reports.

Small businesses struggle to stay afloat, but hope the small business relief loan can help. Lynda Baquero reports.

A New Jersey man was indicted in connection to the brutal machete attack of his ex-girlfriend in the Bronx late last month — an attack that forced her to undergo “reconstructive and life-saving surgery,” prosecutors say. Hector de la Cruz, 27 and of Paterson, was arraigned Tuesday on attempted murder in the second degree, two counts of first-degree assault, two…

A New Jersey man faces luring charges after he was captured in an online child predator sting conducted by a private citizen, authorities said. Phillip Stone, 33, of Lacey Township, was also charged Monday with attempted sexual assault, according to the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. It wasn’t known Tuesday if he’s retained an attorney. The charges came a day...

Police said the victim was in serious condition after getting stabbed multiple times inside a residential building in Fordham Manor. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

A former NYPD cop — who remains at large — and four others have been charged with narcotics distribution in and around Westchester County and New York City, prosecutors say. Three of the defendants, Marco Caso, Eric Baker and Mathew Matteo were arrested Tuesday and presented in White Plains federal court.  Former NYPD officer John Cicero has not been arrested…

A jury convicted high-profile lawyer Michael Avenatti on all counts in his Nike extortion trial on Friday. Prosecutors maintained Avenatti threatened to use his fame to stage a news conference and deliver claims that Nike executives were corrupting college basketball by funding payments to elite young players and their families — unless he was paid millions of dollars to conduct…

The high-profile lawyer was convicted of trying to get more than $25 million from Nike in what prosecutors called “an old fashioned shake down.” NBC New York’s Michael Avenatti reports.

A man convicted in a New Year’s Eve party shooting that left one man dead and another wounded will not face a potential death sentence, prosecutors have determined. The Lehigh County District Attorney’s office made the announcement shortly after Vyante Green was convicted Thursday. They said the decision was reached after prosecutors spoke with the slain man’s family and...

A married New York City couple was indicted for allegedly using mouse trap glue in a mailbox fishing scheme, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. Yoli Gomez Osoria, 27, and Andrea Rose Gomez, 28, both of The Bronx, were arraigned and charged with 36 counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument, criminal possession of stolen property, nine…

Five family members and another person stole more than $1.4 million from a widow who was under the family’s care, according to an indictment handed up Thursday. Authorities said the victim’s 90-year-old sister and the sister’s son assumed power of attorney for the victim after her husband died in November 2012. That came about due to the victim’s diminished...

A woman was charged with murder after she allegedly used a nail clipper to stab her husband during a domestic dispute, authorities announced Tuesday.

The woman says she did not mean to harm her husband, who was found bleeding and unresponsive by first responders in Melville, and only wanted to scare him. NBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

Two dozen people — including the husband of a former ‘Mob Wives’ star — were arrested in a massive drug operation that spanned eight counties in New York and New Jersey involving THC-laced candies

The major criminal network bust resulted in arrests in six New Jersey counties and two in New York, all which centered around candy anyone can buy at stores that was coated in THC. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

A group of New York faith leaders is speaking out against the use of cash bail, decrying the practice as a “mechanism for inequality.” Their comments were included in a letter dated Thursday to District Attorneys Association of New York President David Hoovler, who has criticized the roll out over sweeping changes to the state’s bail laws. New York...