Bookkeeper Bleeds West Babylon Company For Almost $400K In Embezzlement Scheme: Cops
A Long Island bookkeeper stole nearly $400,000 from her employer by simply writing herself checks from the company, police said Tuesday, May 19.
Patricia Sparby, 66, of West Islip, worked at R&J Display Inc. in West Babylon for several years, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Between January 2019 and August 2024, Sparby wrote checks to herself totaling $385,424.36, investigators said. The fraud was discovered during an internal audit in 2025, according to police.
Sparby was arrested around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, and her arraignment on a charge of second-degree grand larceny was sc…
Hackensack Cop Faked Military Records To Get Paid Leave: Prosecutor
A Hackensack police officer is accused of faking a military background in order to obtain paid leave totaling more than $18,000, authorities said.
Forrod Bonsu, 31, of Hackensack, was arrested on Wednesday, April 29, following a joint investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Hackensack Police Department, according to a release from Prosecutor Mark Musella.
The investigation began on Friday, Feb. 6, when the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Confidential Investigations Unit received information about alleged forged military records submitted to the City of Hackensack, …
Baldwin Fraudster Made 110 Illegal Transactions In Chase Scam: Police
A Long Island fraudster made 110 illegal transactions from Chase Bank accounts to steal $55,000, police said Friday, April 3.
Paras Javed, 26-year-old Baldwin man, was arrested Thursday, April 2 and hit with numerous charges, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Javed contacted Chase customer service and claimed to be an account holder on multiple occasions, then changed the victims’ mailing addresses to his own and ordered debit cards, cops said. The scheme began in November 2025 and continued into January 2026, according to investigators.
During those two months, he made all 110 una…
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The CEO of a Montgomery County home care agency has been sentenced to prison for her role in a multi-million dollar Medicaid fraud scheme tied to ComfortZone Home Health Care, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Tuesday, March 10.
Naya Campbell, 29, of Audubon, previously pleaded guilty to charges including corrupt organizations, theft by deception, and Medicaid fraud for submitting false reimbursement claims through ComfortZone Home Health Care, LLC, according to the attorney general’s office.
Campbell served as CEO of the Medicaid provider, which was owned by her mother, Stephanie M…
New Rochelle Contractor Pocketed $50K Meant For Employees, DA Says
A New Rochelle contractor has been re-arrested and hit with new felony charges for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 in wages from his own employees.
Artemio Fuerte, 40, was arraigned in New Rochelle City Court Tuesday, March 3, on charges including grand larceny and scheme to defraud, both felonies. He also faces five counts of failure to pay wages when due under labor law, a misdemeanor.
Fuerte, the owner and operator of Fuerte Construction Services LLC, withheld approximately $51,720 in wages from five employees between September 2022 and October 2025, the Westchester County DA’s offi…
$12K Bitcoin Lancaster County Jury Duty Scam Lands SC Woman On PA Most Wanted List: Police
A phone call claiming to be from a sheriff cost a Lancaster County resident $12,000 — and now a South Carolina woman is wanted in connection with the alleged scam, Manheim Township Police announced on Friday, Feb. 27.
Veronica Anntonette Oliva, 36, of Columbia, SC, has been charged with Dealing In Proceeds Of Unlawful Activities, Theft By Deception, Criminal Conspiracy (Theft By Deception), and Receiving Stolen Property, according to the release.
Police said the case began on Jan. 30, 2026, when a victim reported receiving a telephone call from a man identifying himself as “Sgt. Dean Mitche…
Cash, Cars, And Corruption: Brandywine GSA Insider Cut Federal Bribe Deals
A former federal contracting official in Maryland has admitted he abused his position to steer government work in exchange for cash and personal favors, according to the US Department of Justice.
Lennie Lamont Miller, 60, of Brandywine, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. 29, to two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery of a federal official, prosecutors announced.
Miller previously worked as a contracting officer’s representative for the General Services Administration, a federal agency that manages government properties.
According to court documents, Miller conspired with construction comp…
Rockville Centre Man Dodged $600K In Workers’ Comp Premiums: DA
A construction company owner who underreported more than $3.5 million in payroll to dodge workers’ compensation premiums has been sentenced, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
Mahendranauth Khargie, 36, and his Queens-based iron and erection company, GC Stud Inc., pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 to Insurance Fraud in the Third Degree, a felony. The company also pleaded guilty to failing to secure required workers’ compensation coverage, prosecutors said.
The pair were sentenced on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to a Conditional Discharge and ordered to pay $625,000 in…
NJ Man Posed As ‘Mohammed Ali’ In $59K Uniondale Contractor Scam: Police
A man accused of posing as a contractor and stealing more than $59,000 from a Uniondale homeowner was arrested months after the alleged scam, detectives announced on Sunday, Nov. 23.
Zohaib Farrukh, 37, of Piscataway, New Jersey, was taken into custody by First Squad detectives with assistance from First Precinct officers on Friday, Nov. 22, at 3:15 p.m., according to the release.
The investigation began after a homeowner hired a construction company identified as North Falcon Construction Company of Avenue C in New York City and issued a check for $59,202.50 to a man who identified himsel…
Elder Scam Nets $35K From 80-Year-Old Man In Manhasset: Queens Suspect Charge
An 80-year-old man was scammed out of more than $35,000 in Manhasset before police arrested a Queens suspect, Nassau County detectives announced on Sunday, Oct. 19. In
According to police, the victim received a message on his cell phone claiming he owed money to the Treasury Department and had to withdraw funds to avoid prosecution.
Between Tuesday, Oct. 14, and Thursday, Oct. 16, the man withdrew $35,600 in cash and gave it to several unknown men who came to his home, detectives said.
On Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10:20 a.m., the victim realized he had been scammed and contacted police. After i…
