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Federal Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Tuesday February 11, 2025 ( 4 items )  

Federal Court Orders New York Resident to Pay Over $1.5 Million in Digital Assets Trading Scheme
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: * * * Federal Court Orders New York Resident to Pay Over $1.5 Million in Digital Assets Trading Scheme # Release Number 9050-25 # February 10, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered an order against Rashawn Russell, a New York resident, in a CFTC action charging Russ  more

ICE New York City arrests Ecuadorian alien convicted of sex abuse
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE New York City arrests Ecuadorian alien convicted of sex abuse NEW YORK -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended an undocumented Ecuadorian alien convicted of third-degree sex abuse: subject another person to sex contact without consent, when officers arrested Kail Sebastian Cardenas Aguirre, 27, Feb. 3. "ICE places a high priority   more

Repeat offender gets 10-year sentence after ICE HSI Newark investigation
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * Repeat offender gets 10-year sentence after ICE HSI Newark investigation NEWARK, N.J. - A Hudson County man was sentenced for possessing child sexual abuse material, following an investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations Newark with support from CBP Port of New York/Newark. Jonathan Lattif, 46, of Jersey City, N.J., who was sentenced to 1  more

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York Collected Over $400 Million in Asset Forfeiture Actions in FY 2024
BROOKLYN, New York, Feb. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: * * * EDNY Ranked No. 1 in Asset Forfeiture Among All U.S. Attorney's Offices in the Nation * * * United States Attorney John J. Durham announced today that the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) collected over $400 million in asset forfeiture actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, ranking the EDNY first among all 93 districts in the country. Forfeiture recoverie  more