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Doctor acquitted in Federal Insurance Fraud Trial

Newsday: Doctor Acquitted at Federal Trial in $275m Insurance Fraud; Trial Co-Counsel: Matthew Myers Joseph Vitoulis, a doctor from Valley Stream named in a widely publicized 2012 indictment about a $275 million scheme to defraud no-fault auto insurers, has been acquitted of all charges in federal court in Manhattan. Vitoulis, 44, was accused
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Jury selection begins for friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect

The Daily Free Press - June 30, 2014 The lawyers defending Azamat Tazhayakov, who is charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy in the investigation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, began selecting a jury for Tazhayakov’s trial alongside federal prosecutors Monday. Tazhayakov, who is the first of
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Smurf Man Gets Probation For Wacky Extortion Scheme

By LAURA ITALIANO Posted: 3:57 PM, December 21, 2010 Stuart Ross, the down-on-his heels septaugenarian who brought the Surfs to the U.S. in the '80s, was sentenced to at least two years probation today for a bizarre, $11 million extortion scheme against his son-in-law, London private equity giant David Blitzer. Ross had pleaded guilty in
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Accused Of Luring Boy To Class After Hours

QUEENS, NY (WABC News) -- A Queens teacher is under arrest Wednesday, accused of sexually abusing a student. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown says a 48-year-old teacher at a Springfield Gardens middle school, abused a 14-year-old boy in a classroom after school hours. "The charges are very disturbing," Brown said. "A classroom should
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Lift Foxy’s Ear-Bling In Catfight

Lift Foxy's Ear-Bling In Catfight BY TONY SCLAFANI Tuesday, September 14th 2004, 6:48AM A $250,000 DIAMOND-encrusted earring was snatched from the lovely ear of rapper Foxy Brown when she was attacked inside a rest room at a swanky Manhattan club, cops said. The raunchy R&B star was knocked around at Show Nightclub in Times Square
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