The man who runs an infamous Christmas-time bar crawl used that annual New York City event to line his pockets with money that he told yuletide drinkers was going to charity, authorities said Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Stefan Pildes, a 50-year-old resident of … Read more
Hochul says the measure would raise $500 million a year by taxing pieds-à-terre and help close a $12 billion New York City budget gap. Source link
Millions of Android users could be eligible for a payment under a $135 million class-action settlement over allegations that Google’s operating system caused mobile devices to send data without users’ permission. People who used Android mobile devices to connect to the internet over a cellular network from Nov. 12, 2017, to the present could qualify … Read more
Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, has a net worth exceeding $100 million, making him far wealthier than outgoing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, according to a new financial disclosure form. Warsh, who is set to step into the Fed chair role in May, listed hundreds of investments, including … Read more
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mason Temple, a church in Memphis where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech, will be upgraded with a $1.2 million federal grant to preserve a treasured piece of the Civil Rights Movement, officials are expected to announce Monday. It’s part of a nearly $18 million package for Memphis … Read more
Border agents in the United Kingdom have seized about five tons of cocaine at a single port in just under a month, the country’s Home Office said on social media. The drugs are estimated to be worth over £400 million, or about $538 million, the agency said. The drugs were seized at London Gateway, a … Read more
Crackdown targets alleged hospice fraud in California tied to $267 million in charges – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News has been investigating allegations of sweeping hospice fraud in California. Prosecutors say bogus payments cost the state’s Medicaid program $267 million. Adam Yamaguchi reports. Source link
LOS ANGELES — California officials on Thursday said they uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme to use stolen identities from people outside the state to charge for hospice services paid for with a government insurance program. State Attorney General Rob Bonta said officials have charged 21 and have so far arrested 5 people involved as the Trump … Read more
The California Department of Justice and several state agencies arrested five people Wednesday in a crackdown on an alleged hospice fraud ring, and officials said more arrests will come. Several suspects received “notices to appear” in court and will face arrest warrants if they don’t show. In total, the state filed charges against 21 suspects. … Read more
A man who stole a handbag containing a Faberge egg and watch worth at least $2.8 million (2 million pounds) from a London pub was jailed on Thursday for more than two years. Enzo Conticello, 29, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to one count of theft and three counts of fraud. He was sentenced … Read more