New York Paralegal Blog

In a case that has shocked and outraged the community, Renee Hoberman, also known as "Rina," a licensed social worker, pleaded guilty in federal court in Central Islip today to charges of receipt and distribution of child pornography. The proceedings took place before United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. Hoberman faces a minimum of five years and up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced. United States Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr. for the Eastern District of New York, along with Michael Alfonso, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York (HSI), and Patrick Ryder, Commissioner, Nassau County Police Department, announced the guilty plea. United States Attorney Nocella condemned Hoberman's actions, stating, “The defendant, a licensed social worker, admitted to distributing extremely vile and unthinkable videos depicting the horrific sexual abuse of babies. The videos the defendant distributed and sought for her own perverse pleas...

NEW YORK, NY (June 21, 2010) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a significant expansion of his groundbreaking initiative to eliminate sharing of thousands of images of child pornography on social networking Web sites. Popular social networking sites Friendster and hi5, and peer-to-peer site isoHunt, are joining Facebook and MySpace in using Attorney General Cuomo’s hash value database to block attempts to share images of children being sexually abused. isoHunt, based in Canada, is the first non-U.S. based site to agree to use the hash value database.

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Join us as we celebrate our continued success at the trendy Manhattan hot spot Latitude Bar and Lounge on September 23rd. Network with other career paralegals, paralegal students and other law firm staff. All members will receive a free gift! Come for valuable info and prizes! Our event will take place 7 to 9 pm at Latitude Bar and Lounge, 783 8th Avenue (between 47th & 48th Streets). Please RSVP to events@nyc-pa.org as soon as possible so we can accommodate members at our reserved tables. The event is free for members. Non members are welcome for a nominal fee of $15.