Owner, CEO Of Manhattan Investment Fund Among Trio Indicted For $1.8B Ponzi-Like Scheme Owner, CEO Of Manhattan Investment Fund Among Trio Indicted For $1.8B Ponzi-Like Scheme
Owner, CEO Of Manhattan Investment Fund Among Trio Indicted For $1.8B Ponzi-Like Scheme A man who was the head of a Manhattan investment fund was arrested on Thursday and is facing securities fraud charges for his role in an alleged $1.8 billion Ponzi-like scheme that saw his company paying clients with their own money.  Long Island resident David Gentile, age 54, of Manhasset, the founder, owner, and CEO of GPB Capital Holdings, was charged with two others for scheming to defraud investors by misrepresenting the source of funds used to make monthly distribution payments to them, federal officials said. Specifically, the three were charged with securities and wire fraud, …
Purple Heart Recipient Frank C. Dotolo, 72, Was A Longtime Resident Of Irvington Purple Heart Recipient Frank C. Dotolo, 72, Was A Longtime Resident Of Irvington
Purple Heart Recipient Frank C. Dotolo, 72, Was A Longtime Resident Of Irvington Longtime Westchester resident Frank C. Dotolo died in Sebastian, FL on May 6. He was a resident of Vero Beach, FL at the time of his death.  Frank was born on July 26, 1948 to Frank and Marie Dotolo in Irvington. Frank attended Immaculate Conception School in Irvington and was a 1966 graduate of Archbishop Stepinac High School.  He attended Westchester Community College and received training as a commercial artist. His career was interrupted when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served a tour of duty in Vietnam as a gunner’s mate on a Swift Boat and was subsequently awarded a Purp…
DON'T BE FOOLED: Feds Bust Website Selling Bogus Coronavirus "Vaccine" Kits DON'T BE FOOLED: Feds Bust Website Selling Bogus Coronavirus "Vaccine" Kits
DON'T BE Fooled: Feds Bust Website Selling Bogus Coronavirus "Vaccine" Kits A federal judge ordered a company to stop selling bogus coronavirus vaccine kits online, said the U.S. Justice Department, while warning Americans to beware of phony COVID-19 "cures." Operators of the website “coronavirusmedicalkit.com” were ripping off customers by capitalizing on the "confusion and widespread fear surrounding COVID-19," Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice’s Civil Division said Sunday. Information published on the Austin, TX-based website claimed to offer consumers access to World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine kits in exchange fo…
COVID-19 Claims First Hollywood Celeb: Tom Hanks, Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive COVID-19 Claims First Hollywood Celeb: Tom Hanks, Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive
Covid-19 Claims First Hollywood Celeb: Tom Hanks, Wife Rita Wilson Test Positive Tom Hanks tweeted Wednesday night that both he and his wife, Rita Wilson, tested positive for the coronavirus. The couple, both 63, are in Queensland, Australia filming an Elvis Presley biography in which Hanks portrays Col. Tom Parker, "The King" of rock and roll's infamous manager. "We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches," Hanks's post says. "Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. "To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive. "Well, now. What to do next? The Medical…
Record-Breaking Madison Track Star Loses Leg In Freak Accident Record-Breaking Madison Track Star Loses Leg In Freak Accident
Record-Breaking Madison Track Star Loses Leg In Freak Accident A record-breaking Madison High School track and field star suffered a freak accident in which his left leg required an amputation. RJ Graddy (Class of 2011) severed an artery in his leg in the incident, which happened in Austin, Texas -- where he is currently living, according to a GoFundMe page. The page had raised more than $11,600 for Graddy as of Tuesday afternoon. In 2010, Graddy broke school records with a 43-foot, 1-inch triple jump at a Teaneck meet. Graddy's family traveled more than 1,700 to be with him in Texas during rehab and medical procedures.  Proceeds from the GoFun…
You Can Catch The Kennedys At Tompkins Corners You Can Catch The Kennedys At Tompkins Corners
You Can Catch The Kennedys At Tompkins Corners The Kennedys will be playing a concert at the Tompkins Corners Cultural Center (729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley) on Saturday, June 1, officials say. Husband and wife Pete and Maura Kennedy have spent more than two decades traveling across the U.S. and the U.K. to share their broad musical landscape. They are also known as the hosts of the late Dharma Cafe program on Sirius Satellite Radio. Originally based in Austin, Texas, The Kennedys started as members of Nanci Griffith’s Blue Moon Orchestra. They spent a few years in Washington D.C. before they relocated and settled in the Ea…
Westchester Emergency Medical Workers Featured On New TV Series By 'Law & Order' Creator Westchester Emergency Medical Workers Featured On New TV Series By 'Law & Order' Creator
Westchester Emergency Medical Workers Featured On New TV Series By 'Law & Order' Creator Paramedics in Westchester will take center stage when A&E Network premieres “Nightwatch Nation” on Thursday night. Producer Dick Wolf of "Law & Order" fame, has created his latest show, an expansion of the “Nightwatch” program, which will follow EMTs in four cities - including Yonkers - as they “risk their lives to work the busiest and most unnerving shift of the day, the overnight.” The show premieres at 10 p.m. on A&E on Aug. 16. Over the 10 episode first season, cameras followed paramedics in Yonkers who treated an active stroke victim, overdoses and crashes in the …
New Lawsuit Links IBM’s ‘Millennial’ Reinvention To Age Bias New Lawsuit Links IBM’s ‘Millennial’ Reinvention To Age Bias
New Lawsuit Links IBM’s ‘Millennial’ Reinvention To Age Bias After another round of company-wide layoffs this spring, IBM is being sued in federal court for age discrimination, according to multiple reports.A lawsuit filed against the Armonk-based IBM by Jonathan Langley, 60, of Texas claims that in the international company's push to hire millennials and make money, the company let go of more experienced but costlier "gray-hairs." Millennials are defined as the generation born after 1980. According to this lawsuit, Langley was fired last June as director of sales in IBM’s Hybrid Cloud business unit, based out of Austin. According to a ProP…
Lick It Or Not: Scratch 'N Sniff Postage Stamps Lick It Or Not: Scratch 'N Sniff Postage Stamps
Lick It Or Not: Scratch 'N Sniff Postage Stamps Scratch and sniff postage stamps? You bet. The U.S. Postal Service says it will “add the sweet scent of summer to letters of love, friendship, party invitations and other mailings” when it introduces “Frozen Treats Forever” stamps next month. The new 20-stamp booklet will feature the “whimsical watercolor illustrations” of Margaret Berg of Santa Monica, CA, the Postal Service said in a release Monday. “Scratch-and-sniff” made its debut, coincidentally, around the time that LSD was becoming popular in the mid-60s. As lore has it, an organic chemist was tasked with suspending scents inside m…
Man Arrested For Making Online Terror Threats In Hudson Valley Man Arrested For Making Online Terror Threats In Hudson Valley
Man Arrested For Making Online Terror Threats In Hudson Valley A 38-year-old man has been charged with making terroristic threats for allegedly threatening to kill employees at the Rockland County Clerk's Office, according to Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Zugibe. Kim Vasquez aka “Kum Kee Yee, III” aka“XXX”, formally of Texas, was arrested on Monday on a criminal complaint charging him with one count of making a terroristic threat, at the Clerk's Office in New City, the DA's Office said.  “Threats against public employees - whether made in-person or online - will be treated seriously and investigated thoroughly," said Zugibe. "Our d…
Incest Case: Arrangements Announced For Three Murdered Family Members Incest Case: Arrangements Announced For Three Murdered Family Members
Incest Case: Arrangements Announced For Three Murdered Family Members Click here for earlier story: Double Homicide Linked to Incest, Infant's Murder Memorial services have been announced for the father and adopted daughter from Dutchess County and the daughter's infant son who were killed on Thursday, April 12 in New Milford, Conn., and in North Carolina in a triple-murder suicide in a case linked to incest. Anthony Charles Fusco, 56, of Wingdale was a beloved community member in Dover. Katie Rose Fusco Pladl, 20, was the adopted daughter of Anthony Fusco and Kelly Anne Fusco. Bennett Kieron Pladl, who was 7 months old, was the son of Katie Pladl. Calling…
Two Tristate Whole Foods Stores Issue Cheese Recall Due To Listeria Threat Two Tristate Whole Foods Stores Issue Cheese Recall Due To Listeria Threat
Two Tristate Whole Foods Stores Issue Cheese Recall Due To Listeria Threat Whole Foods Market announced that several local stores in the area would be recalling a popular gourmet cheese product following a potential outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes. The United States Food and Drug administration announced that Whole Foods has stripped its shelves of Explorateur French Triple Creme cheese from nine stores, including a pair in New Jersey and Connecticut. The recall includes Explorateur French Triple Crème cheese - under the names Explorateur, Explorateur French Triple Crème Cheese and Explorateur Triple Crème French Cheese - which were both cut and packaged in cle…