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2009

January 6, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of the former purchasing agent for the John Galt Corporation (“Galt”) for stealing $1.2 million from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (“LMDC”) and Arch Insurance Group (“Arch”), Galt’s bonding company, during the abatement and deconstruction of the Deutsche Bank building.
January 5, 2009 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a tower crane rigger and his company on homicide and related charges in the crane collapse on March 15, 2008, that caused the deaths of seven people.

2008

December 22, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the results of the investigation into the August 18, 2007, fire at the Deutsche Bank building, located at 130 Liberty Street, in which Firefighters Robert Beddia and Joseph Graffagnino lost their lives.
December 17, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a 33-year-old former sales manager pleaded guilty today to stealing over $2 million from a retail foreign exchange and business payment specialist in the Financial District.
December 17, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a 38-year-old woman for falsely claiming to be affiliated with the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and fraudulently selling advertisements in the publications.
December 16, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of New York City Police Officer PATRICK POGAN in connection with an assault on a bicyclist during a Critical Mass bike ride.
December 12, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Sullivan County teen for the shooting death of a 15-year-old male in Harlem.
December 10, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of NORA S. ANDERSON and her employer, SETH RUBENSTEIN, in connection with fundraising for ANDERSON’s candidacy in the September 9, 2008 Democratic primary election for Surrogate of New York County.
December 9, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a 26-year-old man for stealing $369,049.72 while making unauthorized credit card charges.
December 5, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of a Queens woman for stealing $635,000 from an investment firm where she was employed.
December 3, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Manhattan attorney and a law firm for stealing a $735,000 deposit in a real estate transaction as well as a separate felony complaint for the lawyer’s failure to pay withholding taxes and filing his own false tax returns.
December 2, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of a juvenile counselor for the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice for sexually abusing females in his custody while at Manhattan Family Court.
December 2, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New Jersey man for stealing over $2.3 million from a student loan company based in New York City.
November 25, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the guilty plea of CARLOS PEREZ for accepting bribes while he was the Executive Director of Bellevue Hospital. As a result of his plea, Perez will forfeit $25,000 and will be sentenced to five years of probation.
November 24, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of BARBARA KOGAN for murder in the 1990 contract killing of her husband, George Kogan.
November 20, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and guilty plea of MENACHEM E. LIFSHITZ for falsifying his personal tax return.
November 20, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a New York County Grand Jury has voted not to file criminal charges against Police Officer Micah Adler in connection with a shooting incident in July in which 39-year-old Spencer Parris was killed.
November 19, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that the ringleader of an identity theft ring has been sentenced on his guilty plea to stealing $1.5 million and attempting to steal another $10.7 million from wealthy Americans.
November 19, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Massachusetts man for raping a teen in an Upper East Side apartment when she was 11 or 12 years old.
November 18, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a former Bank of Montreal (BMO) natural gas trader has pleaded guilty to intentionally mismarking his trading book, resulting in one of the largest fraud-related trading losses of over $800 million from a trading desk in Manhattan.
November 13, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of five men and five companies for stealing almost $1.2 million from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) in a phony invoice scheme.
November 7, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New York City police officer.
October 30, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced the indictment of seven men and one company on racketeering charges for defrauding numerous state agencies and scores of private clients in connection with construction material testing.
October 29, 2008 DA Morgenthau and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced today the collection of 744 guns - including 255 revolvers, 175 semi-automatic pistols and 10 assault weapons - as part of the 2008 Manhattan Gun Buyback Program.
October 23, 2008 DA Morgenthau and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly along with members of the northern Manhattan religious community announced today the 2008 Manhattan Gun Buyback Program.
October 20, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a moving company and its owners have been indicted for stealing $258,000 from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority/New York City Transit Authority (Transit Authority) by submitting phony invoices for moving services.
October 17, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Bronx pediatrician for sexually abusing a 13-year-old male patient in his Upper West Side office.
October 7, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a former Acting Chief Inspector for Cranes and Derricks for the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB), two other men and a Suffolk County crane company on charges related to a bribery scheme dating back to 1996.
October 2, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Bronx husband and wife for using their public assistance (PA) benefit cards to fraudulently obtain $54,725 in food stamp credits from 17 Manhattan grocery stores.
September 22, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of an advertiser on the Craigslist Web site for selling counterfeit United States currency, phony certified checks and money orders associated with some of the nation’s largest credit, banking and retail institutions.
September 18, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a resident of the Polo Grounds Towers in Harlem in connection with a shooting there last month that left one person dead and another wounded.
September 18, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and indictment of MICHAEL AXEL, a stockbroker for Tripp & Co., Inc.
September 10, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer for sexually assaulting a woman in a Manhattan hotel.
September 4, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a public relations finance manager for Saks Fifth Avenue has been charged with stealing at least $680,000.00 from the company in a phony invoicing scheme.
September 4, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Manhattan attorney, LOUIS POSNER, for promoting prostitution and laundering over $700,000 in proceeds over a six-month period.
September 3, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker on a homicide charge stemming from an incident in Harlem.
August 27, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and indictment of a former real estate executive at Max Capital Management Corporation for stealing more than $17 million from a panoply of banks and individuals.
August 26, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today a guilty plea of two men associated with the Genovese organized crime family for running an illegal gambling ring at the New York City Terminal Produce Cooperative Market and Hunts Point Cooperative Meat Market (“the Markets”), both located in the Bronx, and at locations in New York County.
August, 25, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a Rockland County business man who pretended to be a doctor and paid young women to submit to gynecological exams in a Park Avenue medical office as part of a phony insurance survey.
August 22, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrests of two men for attempting to extort money from a top executive with the Blackstone Group, a global asset manager and provider of financial advisory services.
August 20, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a former personal assistant pleaded guilty to stealing over $45,000 from Frederick Iseman, the founder and managing partner of Caxton-Iseman Capital LLC, a private equity investment firm located at 500 Park Avenue.
August 19, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a man for abducting two boys from Manhattan, transporting them to Virginia, bringing them back to New York, and abandoning them in Union Square over a three-day period.
August 14, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest and indictment of a New York Police Department traffic enforcement agent for stealing $4,518 from the Manhattan Tow Pound command club.
August 7, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of Robert Bertuglia, Jr., and the indictment of Laro Maintenance Corporation.
August 4, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a former project accountant at Tishman Construction Corp. has pleaded guilty to stealing $2.8 million from the company in a phony invoicing scheme.
July 25, 2008 DA Morgenthau today announced that a plaque was dedicated to commemorate the service of Farid “Fred” Ghussin, who served in the Office’s Investigation Bureau and died in 2007.
July 18, 2008 DA Morgenthau today announced the indictment of a 43-year-old Bronx man who defrauded six immigrant families in an apartment rental scheme. The indictment represents the first case to be prosecuted by the Office’s Immigrant Affairs Program.
July 17, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a 48-year-old Israeli businessman has pleaded guilty to stealing $1,387,743 by collecting sales tax and failing to remit the money to New York State.
July 17, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment and arrest of Vincent Grimaldi, and James Cunningham and the indictment of V&V Check Cashing Corp (“V&V”).
July 16, 2008 DA Morgenthau today announced the indictment of eight people on multiple counts of felony narcotics charges stemming from an investigation into street level crack cocaine distribution.
July, 10 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a New York County Grand Jury has voted not to file criminal charges against Police Officer Sean Sawyer in connection with an off-duty shooting incident on October 21, 2007 in which 25-year-old Jayson Tirado was killed.
July 3, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New York City Department of Buildings inspector on charges of falsifying business records in connection with a crane that subsequently collapsed on the East Side of Manhattan in March.
July 2, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a former project accountant at Tishman Construction Corp. for stealing $2.8 million from the company in a phony invoicing scheme.

June 27, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a former radio personality in Pennsylvania accused of using stolen corporate bank account information belonging to the Federal Communications Commission, Bard College and others, to create fraudulent checks worth $4.2 million to be cashed by people throughout the world.
June 26, 2008 Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today that a Manhattan-based real estate partnership has pleaded guilty to filing false New York City tax documents and has agreed to pay the maximum criminal fine of $20,000.
June 24, 2008 DA Morgenthau's statement following the verdict in the People v. Robert Williams.
June 18, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that the supervisor of an electrical contracting company has pleaded guilty to failing to pay prevailing wages to six employees.
June 6, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of a 26-year veteran of the New York City Department of Buildings on charges of accepting bribes from crane operators and crane companies.

May 30, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the guilty pleas of Johanna Hall, the former Special Deputy Superintendent of the New York Liquidation Bureau, and her husband, James Hall, for their roles in steering a contract to an architectural design firm that previously employed the husband.
May 30, 2008 Remarks of DA Morgenthau on receiving the President's Medal from the City College of New York.
May 23, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the arrest of a Manhattan attorney on charges of sexually abusing two attorneys.
May 22, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New York man who stole over $16 million from personal friends.
May 19, 2008 DA Morgenthau's testimony before the New York City Council Public Safety Committee regarding the executive budget (pdf).
May 16, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a New York Police Department Sergeant was arrested yesterday for sexually abusing a child from 2002 to 2007.
May 8, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today promotions to the positions of Chief Assistant District Attorney, Chief of the Investigative Division, and Chief of the Rackets Bureau.

April 22, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a diamond dealer who stole merchandise consigned to him by other dealers, then falsely claimed he had been robbed of those diamonds.
April 21, 2008 DA Morgenthau's statement in reaction to the Appellate Division First Department’s decision upholding the use of genetic markers (DNA) to indict defendants in the People v. David Martinez.
April 17, 2008 DA Morgenthau, joined by New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, will sponsor a community forum on “Gun Violence: A Community Issue, Part 3.”
April 15, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a Queens man was indicted for impersonating a police officer, as well as sexually assaulting and robbing a woman inside her apartment in Chelsea.
April 11, 2008 DA Morgenthau's comment regarding the nomination of his Chief Assistant, James M. Kindler, to the Court of Claims.
April 11, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of a New York City police officer.
April 8, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that a 21-year-old man was indicted for raping one woman on the Upper West Side and a second woman in East Harlem.
April 8, 2008 DA Morgenthau and Gregory G. Mocek, the Director of Enforcement of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced today the guilty plea of a former member of the Board of Directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) for illegal trading on the floor of the Exchange.

March 28, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that two men were charged with stealing over $1.5 million from dozens of businesses around the United States by operating a series of fraudulent “collection agencies.”
March 19, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today that the controller of a Midtown Manhattan real estate firm has been charged with stealing at least $1.1 million from the company.
March 11, 2008 DA Morgenthau's letter to the New York Times regarding Liechtenstein.
March 11, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of 11 persons for operating a fraudulent “medical mill” that bilked insurance companies of more than $6.2 million.
March 4, 2008 DA Morgenthau announced today the indictment of Carlos Perez, former Executive Director of Bellevue Hospital from 1997 to 2005, on charges of bribe receiving.

2007