Source: Betabeat
Well, here’s some not-particularly-reassuring news about one of New York’s finest: An NYPD detective named Edwin Vargas has been arrested for “computer hacking crimes.” The feds say Mr. Vargas shelled out $4,000 to an email h ...
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Source: Russia Today
A New York City Police Department detective was arrested Tuesday and charged with hacking the email information of at least 43 people, among them 20 current and former police officers, along with other violations. Federal officials said Edwin Va ...
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Source: CNN
By Lorenzo Ferrigno , CNN updated 10:05 PM EDT, Tue May 21, 2013 STORY HIGHLIGHTS The three researchers were working on MRI technology at a U.S. university Their research was partially funded by a multi-million dollar Nation ...
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Source: SILive.com
Saquib Khan hid his tracks through a complex web of worthless checks the banks initially credited and wire transfers, said prosecutors. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- He's hosted fund-raisers for former Senator and Secretary ...
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Source: Stuff.co.nz
Federal prosecutors have charged a New York art dealer with tax fraud in connection with the sale of paintings she claimed to be the works of celebrated abstract expressionists, but some of which the government said were fakes. Glafira Rosales, 56, ...
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Source: ArtInfo
Glafira Rosales , a Long Island art dealer at the center of a scandal involving sales of purported fake paintings by Abstract Expressionist masters, was arrested in Long Island today and charged with filing false tax returns and fail ...
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Source: Gothamist
An NYPD detective was arrested this morning by federal agents for allegedly using his work computer to hack into the email accounts and cell phones of former and current officers. According to the FBI, 42-year-old Edwin ...
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Source: CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A veteran New York City Police Department detective is accused of hacking into the email accounts of his colleagues, including his ex-girlfriend who is also a police officer. Edwin Vargas, 42, was arrested outside his hom ...
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