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In a sweeping investigation, 18 people in 13 New York counties were arrested for workers’ comp fraud. None of the fraud cases were related, and anyone who has ever engaged in fraud may want to have their NYC criminal lawyer on speed dial as the investigation targeted everyday employees who allegedly took advantage of the system and not high-level multi-million dollar fraud schemes.

State officials called the workers’ comp fraud a crime against every honest New Yorker who pays taxes and has to bear the higher financial burden due to the fraud, reports the Insurance Journal.

Norman Adie, the former owner of Brooklyn Heights Cinema, has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $500,000 from investors and could go to jail for 80 years.

Adie allegedly concocted a scheme where he conned investors to give him their money in bogus development plans including building condos on the site of the twin-screen theater in Brooklyn, reports the New York Post.

Surprisingly, the answer is no. Congress is looking into the Jon Corzine MF Global collapse, but the former New Jersey governor says he will not invoke his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.

Still, despite not pleading the fifth, it’s unlikely that lawmakers will get any answers from Corzine.

Congress has opened up hearings looking into MF Global’s collapse and the missing $1.2 billion of investor funds, reports the New York Post. The securities firm filed for bankruptcy in October and there are a swarm of questions as to why the firm collapsed and what happened to investors’ money in the firm.

Not one month after being acquitted of bribery and corruption, Assemblyman William Boyland is facing a whole new set of bribery charges.

What makes the William Boyland bribery charges so egregious is that he is alleged to have engaged in the illegal activity during his defense of the original bribery charges, reports the New York Post.

Former N.J. governor and CEO of Goldman Sachs, Jon Corzine, saw MF Global as his shot at redemption. Instead, this could be his biggest embarrassment.

The FBI is reportedly set to investigate the MF Global failure. After betting heavily on European debt -- and losing -- the securities firm led by Corzine filed for bankruptcy this week and is looking for potential buyers to save the investment firm, reports The Associated Press.

License plate flipping appears to be the new way for toll evaders to avoid paying hefty tolls going to, and coming out of, New York City.

Big rig trucker, Edgar Malin, was recently busted for trying to duck a $65 toll by using an electronic device that flipped his license plate down as he crossed the George Washington Bridge, reports the New York Post. At the touch of a button, his license plate vanished.

Eleven people, including former union chief Joseph Rutigliano, are facing criminal charges for the $1 billion LIRR pension fraud.

The defendants are accused of organizing a massive pension scam involving fake disability claims by Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) workers. These fraudulent claims cost the agency $1 billion, reports the New York Post.

The Raj Rajaratnam sentence was finally determined. The co-founder of the Galleon Group hedge fund was sentenced to 11 years in jail. In addition, the 54-year old Sri Lankan native will have to pay a $10 million fine.

Rajaratnam was accused of one of the biggest insider trading scandals ever, reports the New York Post. And in May, the head of the Galleon Group was convicted of five counts of conspiracy and nine counts of insider trading.

A Crowell & Moring attorney was arrested in Hong Kong for embezzling millions from a client. It looks like even the attorneys at the most elite law firms are not above theft.

Douglas Arntsen, an attorney with the white shoe law firm, was accused of stealing $2.5 million of Regal Real Estate’s money that the client had entrusted to the firm, reports the ABA Journal. Just a week ago, Arntsen told the firm that he was moving to a new job, and apparently moved to Hong Kong. But when he made this announcement, the client started to notice that money disappear from its $4 million in escrowed funds with the firm.

It's only been a few days since residents started cleaning up after the mess of Irene, and already there are reports of Hurricane Irene fraud.

In Staten Island, 42-year-old Daniel DiGianni and his 28-year-old girlfriend Linda Fleshner are accused of criminal impersonation and impersonating a cop, after the couple attempted to take advantage of the hurricane to commit burglaries in a low-lying part of Staten Island, reports CBS.