New York Paralegal Blog

NEWARK, NJ—A partner at the New York office of an international law firm was arrested today by FBI agents and federally charged with distributing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that his office is completing a comprehensive review on the rising cost of gasoline in the New York metropolitan area – including the five boroughs, Westchester and Rockland counties, and Long Island. Prices at the pump have led to an increase in consumer complaints to the Attorney General’s office, and Schneiderman has directed his staff to compile data on the prices charged by gas retailers, as well as information on the chain of distribution, to determine the cause behind the continued increases. Schneiderman cautioned that there may not be wrongdoing behind the price spikes, but said that if there is, he will take all appropriate action. “Drivers across the metro area – from Westchester to Queens to Nassau County – have a right to know how gas prices are determined, and whether they are being taken for ride,” said Attorney General Schneiderman. “I have directed my office to review the area’s gas prices, and will t...

ALBANY, N.Y. (April 29, 2010) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the arrest of a former state worker for using the Department of Health's postage meter to send items he had auctioned on eBay, and other personal mail, costing taxpayers in excess of $16,000. According to the complaint, from 1997 until January 2010, Robert Pagini, 57, of Delmar, worked for the Department of Health as a Senior Mail & Supply Clerk. For most of that time, he was the Supervisor-in-Charge of the Department of Health mailroom located in the Hedley Building in Troy. This mailroom receives, sorts, and distributes incoming Department of Health mail, and prepares outgoing mail for pick-up and delivery.

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the indictment of 12 people and 9 corporations across New York City for their roles in a criminal enterprise that paid hospital employees for confidential patient information, lured patients into receiving unnecessary treatment, and then submitted over a million dollars in phony personal injury claims to insurance carriers. Attorney General Cuomo also announced separate criminal charges against two hospital employees for accepting bribes to provide confidential patient information to members of the criminal operation. “The Levy Enterprise” was run by Daniel Levy, 32 of Rego Park, Queens, who owned and controlled two medical clinics: Bronx Sheridan Medical P.C., located at 1030 Sheridan Avenue, Bronx, New York and New Lite Bronx Medical, P.C., located at 1170 East Gun Hill Road. According to the 147-count indictment filed today in Bronx Supreme Court, Levy and the other defendants operated a scheme in which they paid hospital employees to...

ALBANY, N.Y. (September 25, 2008) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the indictment of former Schenectady Police Chief Gregory Kaczmarek and his wife for taking part in a highly organized narcotics distribution organization that operated in the Capital District and was supplied from Long Island. In an indictment unsealed by Schenectady County Court Judge Karen Drago today, a Grand Jury charged Gregory Kaczmarek, 56, and his wife Lisa Kaczmarek, 48, both of Roma Street in Schenectady, with having participated in a cocaine and marijuana drug distribution ring run by Kerry “Slim” Kirkem, 40, of VanVranken Ave. in Schenectady and Guideboard Road in Waterford. Today’s indictment supersedes a May 2008 indictment that charged 24 defendants, including Lisa Kaczmarek, with being involved in a highly organized narcotic distribution network that brought cocaine and marijuana from Long Island to Schenectady. The Kaczmareks were arraigned this morning in Schenectady County Court. Ba...

Governor David A. Paterson today announced that New York State will, beginning in January, regulate part of the credit default swap market which has to date been unregulated and has been a major contributor to the emerging financial crisis on Wall Street. Governor Paterson also called on the federal government to regulate the rest of the massive $62 trillion market. This action is similar to one recently taken by the federal government that tightly restricts “short selling,” or profiting from falling stock prices. The state action applies to credit default swaps which are a means of profiting from falling values of bonds. Under the direction of Governor Paterson, the New York Insurance Department today issued new guidelines that, for the first time, establish that some credit swaps are insurance and therefore subject to state regulation. More...

PHILADELPHIA - Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Laurie Magid announced the filing of a one count criminal complaint charging William Gould with interference with employment by threat of violence, a Class A misdemeanor. The complaint alleges that Gould placed a hangman’s noose in an area where his African-American colleague would find it, in an attempt to interfere with his colleague’s federally protected employment activity, and because the colleague was African-American. The complaint alleges that on Aug. 11, 2008, Gould fashioned and placed a hangman’s noose in a workspace at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he worked. Approximately two weeks earlier, Children’s Hospital had announced the acceptance of that African-American colleague into a management training program specifically focused on hiring and promoting minority employees. Go...