Yonkers Tribune

Preet Bharara (pictured), the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Edwin Vargas, a detective with the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), pled guilty to computer hacking crimes. Specifically, Vargas paid others to hack into email accounts, including email accounts belonging to other NYPD officers and employees, and also accessed a federal law enforcement database without authorization to obtain information about other NYPD officers. Vargas was arrested in Bronxville, New York, in May 2013. He pled guilty before U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bhara said, “For the second time in three days, we unseal criminal charges against a sitting member of our state legislature. As alleged, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was bribed to enact a statutory moratorium to give his co-defendants a local monopoly- a fairly neat trick that offends core principles of both democracy and capitalism, simultaneously, and it is exactly what the defendants managed to do. The allegations illustrate the corruption of an elected representative’s core function – a legislator selling legislation. And based on these allegations, it becomes more and more difficult to avoid the sad conclusion that political corruption in New York is indeed rampant and that a show-me-the-money culture in Albany is alive and well.”

NEW YORK, NY -- U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York today said, “We are gratified  by the Court’s recent action upholding the Monitor’s decision concerning Westchester County’s failure to meet its obligations under this important consent decree, in which the County agreed to fulfill the commitments it had made to affirmatively further fair housing. We expect the County to comply fully with all of its obligations under the consent decress, and we stand ready to act as appropriate to enforce the County’s obligations if necessary.”

SOURCE:  FAIR HOUSING DECISION-2012-05-03 DLC opinion re source of income.pdf 

NEW YORK, NY -- Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Christy L. Romero, the Acting Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program ("SIGTARP"), announced that Robert Egan, the President of Mount Vernon Money Center ("MVMC"), and Bernard McGarry, the Chief Operating Officer of MVMC were sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 11 and 5 years in prison for their roles in defrauding MVMC clients, including banks that had received TARP funds, universities, and hospitals, out of over $60 million that had been entrusted to MVMC. Egan, 65, of Bedford Corners, New York, and McGarry, 51, of Yonkers, New York, both previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and six counts of bank fraud before U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan who imposed today's sentences.

White Plains, NY --   Preet Bharara( pictured left) , the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Janice K. Fedarcyk, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), and Charles R. Pine, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), Criminal Investigation Division, announced that Vincent L. Leibell, III (pictured right), pled guilty today in White Plains federal court to obstructing a federal grand jury that was investigating whether he had extorted cash payments from lawyers working in Putnam County and to failing to report on his income tax returns tens of thousands of dollars in cash payments he had received from those lawyers.

New York, NY, August 26, 2010 -- Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced that Robert Lim pleaded guilty today in Manhattan Federal Court to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.

White Plains, NY, August 17, 2010 -- Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that William Eisenberger, 27, of Yonkers, New York, was sentenced to 6 years in prison, and 10 years of supervised release, for distributing and possessing child pornography. Eisenberger pled guilty on February 19, 2010, before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel, who imposed today’s sentence in White Plains federal court. According to statements made during the sentencing proceeding and documents filed in this case:

 New York, NY -- Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Patricia J. Haynes, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), announced that Patrick Boland, a construction company owner in New York City, pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiracy to evade payroll taxes by paying employees "off-the-books" in cash, and to file false currency transaction reports ("CTRs") at the time the cash was obtained to pay his employees. According to the Information to which he pleaded guilty:

New York, NY -- Lev L. Dassin, (pictured left) the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Rose Gill Hearn, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation ("DOI"), announced that former New York City Council Member Miguel Martinez pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to fraud and money laundering charges in connection with his submission to the City of false invoices and his diversion of funds from non-profit organizations that resulted in over $100,000 for his own benefit. Martinez pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, contained in information filed today in Manhattan federal court.

Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 47, today announced his resignation effective December 1, 2001. Upon Mr. Garcis's resignation, Lev L. Dassin, 43, the Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, will serve as the Acting United States Attorney.