New York Paralegal Blog

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the indictment of YAASMIN HOOEY, 35, for stealing $311,586 from the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, Inc. (“GSCGNY”). The defendant was charged with of Grand Larceny in the Second Degree, Forgery in the Second Degree, Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Second Degree, Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, and Criminal Tax Fraud in the Third and Fifth Degrees.1

MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court in Duluth, a 42-year-old Duluth man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for taking a 13-year-old girl across state lines with the intent to sexually abuse her. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Todd Richard Franik, who was indicted on October 5, 2010, and pleaded guilty on November 5, 2010, to one count of interstate transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. In imposing the 30-year prison term, Judge Frank said a sentence of anything less would be insufficient to promote respect for the law and protect the public.

(openPR) - Teenage girl group Runway MMC are using innovative marketing techniques to separate themselves from other up and coming pop groups in order to propel their hit new single up the national pop charts. The single “Runway” was released by b.i.y.a.y.c.d.a. Inc. on September 16th 2008 exclusively via Apple’s iTunes Music Store (the recently named #1 music retailer in the world). The group Runway MMC has also released their own line of clothing with personal individual style that sets them apart from each other. appealing to teenage girls to stores across the US including 200 WET SEAL stores. As a result of the initial success of the clothing line, Apple iTunes and Runway MMC have structured national promotion whereby 25,000 customers of the Runway MMC clothing line will be able to download the group’s first single “Runway” for free through the iTunes Music Store. Runway MMC was formed when three multi ethnic young ladies started performing together in Los Angeles in 2007. Meghan ...