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Feds Bust Up Elaborate International Credit Card Fraud Ring That Stole Millions
The elaborate scheme involved improving fake cardholders’ credit scores, allowing the scammers to borrow more money that they never repaid, investigators said.
Bloomberg Saddened, Not Surprised Over Middle East Uproar
Speaking Friday on his weekly WOR radio show, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said reaction from an anti-Islam film is “exactly what you should have expected.”
ICE Director Answers Questions About Possible Deportation For Dharun Ravi
Ravi faces possible deportation back to India, where he was born and is still a citizen. John Morton, the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the agency is not ready to make a determination yet.
New York City Challenges Silicon Valley On High Tech Front
Silicon Valley might be the high tech capital of the world, but New York wants to change that.
Hindu Group’s Lawsuit Over NJ Restaurant Meat Gets Green Light
The restaurant admitted it accidentally served the group a meat dish during an India Day celebration in 2009.
Mayor Bloomberg Talks Payroll Project Scandal
“Nobody paid as much attention to it as they should have — from me on down,” Bloomberg said after a graduation ceremony at Gracie Mansion.
Feds: $600M-Plus Of NYC’s ‘CityTime’ Payroll Project Was Tainted
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called the fraud “epic in duration, magnitude and scope.” Prosecutors previously had put the figure at about $85 million.
NYers Rise Before Dawn For Cricket World Cup
Cricket fans came out in the wee hours of the morning to catch their cricket heroes compete in the final of the World Cup.
Stories From Main Street: Mamaroneck, NY
Truike Boekholt-Daly of Mamaroneck went to India to learn yoga and she ended up discovering a calling.
Bloomberg Announces Events To Help NYC Hospitals
It’s not exactly a bake sale, but with New York City’s treasury in tatters, Mayor Bloomberg is promoting a series of charity gatherings to raise money for city hospitals.
Surge In Cotton Prices Could Hit Your Wallet Hard
Experts say monsoons in China, India and Pakistan earlier this year, destroyed much of the world’s cotton crop — causing a spike in prices.
Brooklyn Honors Mother Teresa With Lighting Ceremony
For the next six nights, Brooklyn Borough Hall will be illuminated in blue and white to honor Mother Teresa on what would have been her 100th birthday.
New York City Loses Tax War Against Foreign Nations
India and other nations with diplomatic housing do not have to pay city property taxes, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a long-running dispute that once reached the Supreme Court.
Feds Seize $56,000 In Heroin At JFK Airport
A “garment sample” shipment that arrived at Kennedy Airport earlier this week contained a lot more than just clothes.
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