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Stunning new details reveal texts disgraced ex-NBA player allegedly sent bettors during games in gambling scandal
January 13, 2025 | 7:50pmStunning new details emerged about Jontay Porter's betting scandal.
Chinese spy who ran 'secret police station' in NYC for Beijing faces 5 years in prison after guilty plea: feds
December 18, 2024 | 3:39pmChen Jinping, a Chinese spy, faces five years in prison after running a "secret police station" in NYC.
New Yorker turned ISIS recruiter -- nicknamed 'Umm Nuteella' -- faces 70 years in prison after judge tosses 'shockingly low' sentence
December 12, 2024 | 4:40pmA New Yorker-turned-ISIS recruiter nicknamed "Umm Nuteella" faces up to 70 years in prison after an appeals court tossed her initial “shockingly low” 48-month sentence for boosting the terror organization.
Unhinged Russian JFK stowaway allegedly tried wild stunt at other airports -- but still gets freed without bail
December 6, 2024 | 6:35pmAlleged repeat stowaway Svetlana Dali was released without bail Friday under the condition that she wear a GPS tracking device and live temporarily with a church friend in Pennsylvania.
Judge tears into parolee bank robber who choked 81-year-old woman during $205 NYC heist
December 3, 2024 | 7:13pmA career criminal was freed from prison just one month before he choked an elderly woman during a vicious bank robbery last year -- and will now spend another 15...
Feds subpoena PAC connected to Adams-allied pastor, embattled campaign fundraiser
November 26, 2024 | 12:40pmThe feds subpoenaed a shadowy political fund connected to one of Eric Adams’ allies and to the mayor's embattled top fundraiser, The Post has learned.
NYC mom paid $14K in bribes to sneak weed, blades to son jailed inside juvenile facility: feds
November 21, 2024 | 3:42pmJessica Alicea bribed as staffer at the Brooklyn juvenile detention center were her son was held on more than 130 occasions to sneak her kid marijuana and scalpels, officials said.
Bonanno wiseguy convicted of threatening turncoat, forcing him to strip naked over $150K debt
October 11, 2024 | 4:31pmA Bonanno crime-family member who threatened to "slap the s--t out" of a turncoat and then forced him to strip butt naked to find a wire was found guilty of...
Scammers ripped off NY's controversial Medicaid homecare program to the tune of $68M: feds
October 10, 2024 | 6:37pmIn an indictment unsealed Wednesday, the feds allege two adult daycares – Happy Family Social Adult Day Care and Family Social Adult Day Care – bribed and gave kickbacks to...
FBI wiretap caught Bonanno wiseguy threatening to 'slap the s---t' out of mob turncoat — if he ratted him out
October 9, 2024 | 2:40pmReputed wiseguy John "The Maniac" Ragano threatened to go after a mob turncoat if he informed on him to the feds, according to an FBI wiretap played in Brooklyn federal...
Bonanno wiseguy forced loan-shark victim to strip naked, feds say: 'Take off your f—king pants right now!'
October 8, 2024 | 7:31pmA Bonanno crime-family soldier called “The Maniac” forced one of his loan-sharking victims to get naked to see if he was wearing a wire, barking, “Take off your f--king pants...
Two Delta Airlines agents smuggled over $3M in ketamine through JFK: feds
September 28, 2024 | 8:10amTwo Delta Airlines ramp agents were arrested for smuggling more than $3 million worth of ketamine through John F. Kennedy International Airport, federal authorities said.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs being held at same NYC federal lockup as crypto crook SBF
September 24, 2024 | 12:04pmThe pair are in the same bunk room, which houses 18 to 20 inmates who need a higher level of security — including government snitches.
Feds subpoena Brooklyn church over possible business dealings between priest and ex-Adams chief of staff: sources
September 20, 2024 | 1:07pmThe feds recently issued a subpoena to a Catholic church in Brooklyn requesting information in relation to the dealings between one of its lead pastors, Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, and hizzoner's...
Mexican drug kingpin 'El Mayo' had his own nephew killed for stealing from him, feds say
September 13, 2024 | 3:26pmWalking with a noticeable limp, Ismael “El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, 76, was led by the arm by federal marshals to the defense table inside the same courthouse where his cartel...
NYC schools big who took bribes while pushing tainted chicken to kids gets off easy in fowl move
September 9, 2024 | 5:56pmEric Goldstein -- who took kickbacks from a company that provided kids with oozing chicken laden with metal and plastic -- cried and said his family members "have suffered tremendously...
Who is Linda Sun? How NYC political operative charged with being Chinese agent became aide to Hochul, Cuomo
September 3, 2024 | 6:45pmThe Queens operative had a modest upbringing, so her sudden move to a fancy Manhasset home raised eyebrows before her arrest today.
Ex-Hochul and Cuomo aide enjoyed $4M mansion, salted ducks, ballet performances and other luxury gifts from double life as Chinese agent: feds
September 3, 2024 | 5:45pmThe former high-ranking aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul and Andrew Cuomo accused of working as a Chinese agent reaped luxurious gifts and rewards from her clandestine double life, federal prosecutors...
Disgraced NYC public schools exec who turned blind eye to tainted food begs judge for mercy
August 30, 2024 | 3:57pmThe disgraced New York public schools executive convicted of taking bribes and serving tainted food to city kids says his own family is "barely hanging on" — as federal prosecutors...
'Screwber' scheme reaped whopping $40M in bogus surge fares for hundreds of shady Uber drivers: feds
August 28, 2024 | 6:57pmEliahou Paldiel, 52, of Queens, and Carlos Arturo Suarez Palacios, 54, face federal wire fraud and money laundering charges in Brooklyn federal court for an alleged Uber "surge pricing" scam.