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Rose Gill Hearn

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Long Island City

May 22, 2013

LIC Rock Climbing Gym Plans to Open This Summer, Despite Bribery Scandal

The Cliffs is looking to open in July. Its owner was recently probed by the Department of Investigations.

Financial District

December 14, 2012

Parks Officer Caught Stealing From Battery Park Lost-and-Found, City Says

A former city parks officer could face up to a year in jail after he was accused of stealing $55.

Wakefield

July 26, 2012

Councilman Larry Seabrook Guilty of Fraud

Bronx City Councilman was found guilty of wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy charges.

Hunts Point

May 15, 2012

Rikers Island Supervisors Found Guilty of Covering Up Prisoner Assault

Gail Lewis and Captain Sherman Graham were accused of filing false reports.

Downtown Brooklyn

May 04, 2012

Bookkeeper Indicted for Stealing $2.6M from Estates Without Wills

A bookkeeper for the Brooklyn public administrator and three others colluded in the scheme.

Lower East Side & East Village

April 26, 2012

Manhattan Man, Queens Woman Busted for Housing Fraud

Sherwan Gamble, 52, and Joanne Simmons, 50, have been arrested for housing fraud, the DOI said.

Manhattan

April 12, 2012

Concert Pianist Hid $1M Hamptons Home to Get Subsidy for TriBeCa Apartment

Carnegie Hall pianist Antonio Fermin, 48, pleaded guilty to stealing $17,815 in housing subsidies.

Manhattan

March 14, 2012

CityTime Contractor to Pay $500 Million Fraud Settlement

The contractor responsible for the botched CityTime project will pay the city half a billion dollars.

Manhattan

March 09, 2012

Rikers Correction Officer Admits to Taking Bribes, Having Sex with Inmate

Clara Espada, 41, is facing a six months in jail for allowing drugs onto Rikers Island.

Manhattan

January 14, 2012

Rikers Island Correction Officers Charged with Inmate Assault Cover-Up

Two Department of Correction officers were indicted on charges of assault and falsifying records. 

Manhattan

May 19, 2011

LES Housing Scam Suspect Splurged on Florida Vacation

A Lower East Side tenants association president was among four suspects who allegedly scammed the city out of $200K.

Manhattan

September 27, 2010

Investigation Reveals 14 Cases of Fraud Involving Dead New Yorkers' Pension Checks

One fraudster cashed 38 pension checks worth $139, 818, using the driver's license of a pensioner who died in 2007.