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A member of Borough Park’s Jewish community safety patrol is the latest to be implicated in the massive NYPD bribery scandal that recently snagged several South Brooklyn top cops. Alex “Shaya” Lichtenstein, 44, was arrested and slapped with bribery and conspiracy charges in connection with his efforts to pay
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Senator Ted Cruz shaking hands outside the Chabad Neshama Center in Brighton Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the
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NYPD probe into Brooklyn South cops makes headlines. (Photo: Liena Zagare) Several high-ranking NYPD officers past and present from Patrol Borough Brooklyn South are facing consequences as the latest corruption probe [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/news/66th-precinct-detective-named-in-federal-corruption-probe-says-new-york-daily-news/] to hit the police department continues its course. Among them? Deputy Inspector James
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Seniors are especially vulnerable to phone scammers. (Photo: The FBI)To protect the elderly from a surge in telephone scams, City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has introduced legislation requiring the Department of Consumer Affairs to educate seniors and their caregivers about how to recognize the frauds. “Concerns about deceitful telemarketing calls
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Illegal poker games allegedly took place in this hair salon on 5917 7th Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)Eight members and associates of the Zheng Organization, an Asian American gang that operates in Sunset Park and Flushing, Queens, were rounded up by the Joint Asian Organized Crime Task Force — which includes
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Illegal poker games allegedly took place at this hair salon on 5917 7th Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)Eight members and associates of the Zheng Organization, an Asian American gang that operates in Sunset Park and Flushing, Queens, were rounded up by the Joint Asian Organized Crime Task Force — which includes
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The former location of Cropsey Medical Care PLLC, 1706 Cropsey Ave (Source: Google Maps)Dr. Okon Umana, 68, the “no show” doctor [/no-show-doctor-cropsey-medical-care-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraud-scheme/#.Vc5TAixViko] at a Bensonhurst medical clinic embroiled in a $13 million health care fraud scheme [/nationwide-multi-million-dollar-medicaid-scheme-unfolds/], was sentenced to 24 months in prison in a federal court
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A fifth suspect pleaded not guilty in a Brooklyn federal court last week for his alleged role in a plot to aid ISIS, say authorities. Akmal Zakirov, 29 — an Uzbek national — was charged with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to the terror organization on Thursday, June 11, after
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A fourth Brooklyn resident and Uzbeki national has been arrested in an alleged plot to assist the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria [/midwood-resident-two-others-arrested-plotting-join-isis-backup-plan-blow-coney-island/] . Dilkhayot Kasimov, 26, was charged yesterday with attempt and conspiracy to provide material support to the group, joining three others arrested in late February who lived
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The FBI and NYPD are alerting the public [http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2015/virtual-kidnapping-scam-on-the-rise-in-new-york-city#disablemobile] to a frightening new phone scam targeting New York City residents. Con artists dial seemingly random phone numbers, claim to have kidnapped a family member, and demand money be wired immediately in exchange
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Law office of the phony Shlomo Dickerman (Source: Google Maps)Authorities are still unsure of the true identity of the man they claim stole a lawyer’s name and set up a phony law firm in Brighton Beach [/man-charged-stealing-lawyers-identity-setting-phony-law-firm-brighton-beach/], but they believe he’s a disbarred lawyer with a criminal
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GrimmCongressman Michael Grimm faces a 20-count indictment for tax evasion [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/04/grimm-healthalicious-charges/] and illegal employment practices stemming from a restaurant he operated before running for Congress, charges he said are because the nation’s commander-and-chief wants to see him gone. Grimm made the allegations against