Mount Pleasant, NY
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Northern Westchester Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced, Ordered To Pay $22M For Ponzi Scheme Northern Westchester Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced, Ordered To Pay $22M For Ponzi Scheme
Northern Westchester Hedge Fund Manager Sentenced, Ordered To Pay $22M For Ponzi Scheme A former hedge fund manager from Northern Westchester will spend nearly a decade behind bars after defrauding 45 investors out of more than $22 million through an elaborate Ponzi scheme that allowed him to live a lavish lifestyle. Michael Scronic of Pound Ridge, the former manager of the Scronic Macro Fund has been sentenced to 96 months in prison, Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on Thursday. Scronic was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and must pay $22,026,427 in restitution to his victims. Scronic, 46, admitte…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains, NY
Politics
Trump Family's Biggest Legal Threat From SDNY Prosecutors, Not Mueller, Experts Say Trump Family's Biggest Legal Threat From SDNY Prosecutors, Not Mueller, Experts Say
Trump Family's Biggest Legal Threat From Sdny Prosecutors, Not Mueller, Experts Say Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are set to take the Trump organization to task for various offenses, according to legal experts and multiple reports. In the past week, the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) has accepted a guilty plea from President Donald Trump's former longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and offered an immunity deal to Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of The Trump Organization. According to Bloomberg, Weisselberg, “will likely be required to provide information on all criminal activity he kn…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Burnt Food At Popular Northern Westchester Deli/Market Brings Fire Department Burnt Food At Popular Northern Westchester Deli/Market Brings Fire Department
Burnt Food At Popular Northern Westchester Deli/Market Brings Fire Department Just before 4:30 a.m. Thursday a whole contingent of dedicated firefighters responded to a popular Westchester County deli and market for a fire call but found instead burnt food. South Salem and Vista fire department were dual dispatched to a reported structure fire at the 5th Division Deli in Cross River, the South Salem Fire Department said. Car 2451 arrived on scene first and found the first floor filled with smoke and put out the call for additional departments to respond, they added. Hoses were stretched and firefighters entered the building to find burnt food on the stove filling th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lewisboro, NY
Business
DeCicco's Family Market Latest Business To Close In Cross River Shopping Center DeCicco's Family Market Latest Business To Close In Cross River Shopping Center
DeCicco's Family Market Latest Business To Close In Cross River Shopping Center DeCiccio's Family Market is the latest business to announce its imminent closure in the Orchard Square Shopping Center at the intersection of Route 35 and Route 121 north in the Town of Lewisboro hamlet of Cross River. So while the town was recently named the safest community in America for a third consecutive year, as reported here by Daily Voice, it will be losing the family owned grocery store on Saturday, Sept. 1 -- Labor Day weekend. A popular paint and hardware store also recently closed at Orchard Plaza. Other DeCicco’s Family Markets are located in nearby Katonah, Scarsdale and Jef…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Popular Eatery With Northern Westchester Locations Rolls Out Food Truck Popular Eatery With Northern Westchester Locations Rolls Out Food Truck
Popular Eatery With Northern Westchester Locations Rolls Out Food Truck Salsa Fresca Mexican Grill, with locations in New York and Connecticut, has responded to overwhelming demand for its popular fresh dishes with a new food truck program. The program is designed to bring its fast casual concept on the road. The new Salsa Fresca food truck complements the restaurant chain’s recent announcement of a franchise initiative to create 100 new stores within five years. The popular chain already has stores in Bedford Hills, Carmel, Cross River and Danbury. Hungry patrons will be able to track where the food truck will appear next on Salsa Fresca's Facebook, Twitter (…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Westchester's Jeffrey Tambor, Back On 'Arrested Development,' Denies Claims Westchester's Jeffrey Tambor, Back On 'Arrested Development,' Denies Claims
Westchester's Jeffrey Tambor, Back On 'Arrested Development,' Denies Claims Three months after departing the Amazon series “Transparent” amid accusations of sexual harassment, actor Jeffrey Tambor of Northern Westchester is about to return to filming, according to multiple reports. Tambor, a Cross River resident who left his Emmy-winning role on “Transparent” after being accused of harassment by a fellow cast member and a former assistant, will appear regularly during the forthcoming season of “Arrested Development” on Netflix, according to a spokesman for 20th Century Fox Television.The season, the show’s fifth, was filmed last year, before the allegations were mad…

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by Jon Craig
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Two Northern Westchester Store Clerks Sold Alcohol To Minors, Police Say Two Northern Westchester Store Clerks Sold Alcohol To Minors, Police Say
Two Northern Westchester Store Clerks Sold Alcohol To Minors, Police Say Clerks at two stores in Northern Westchester were charged with selling alcohol to underage customers in a detail conducted by New York State Police from the Somers barracks on Friday, April 27. A total of 10 establishments were checked during the detail. The two clerks charged were: Danbury resident Nube M. Yunganaula, 18, who is employed at the Shell Gas Station on Route 22 in North Salem, was charged with a violation of the State Alcohol and Beverage Control Law and issued an appearance ticket and directed to appear in North Salem Court on May 14. Katonah resident Julie Lombardi, 63, wh…

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by Daily Voice
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Northern Westchester Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To $22M Ponzi Scheme Northern Westchester Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To $22M Ponzi Scheme
Northern Westchester Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To $22M Ponzi Scheme A former hedge fund manager from Northern Westchester pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding 45 investors, many of them friends and neighbors, of $22 million in a Ponzi scheme. Michael Scronic of Pound Ridge, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Cathy Seibel on July 9.  “Michael Scronic lied about the performance of his investment fund, telling investors that his returns were as high as 13 percent," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman said. …

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by Joe Lombardi