A man who impersonated a priest and called himself Father Martin to steal from churches around the United States was arrested in California this month, the authorities in Riverside County said. The man, Malin Rostas, 45, of New York, was taken into custody on April 10 after sheriff’s deputies found a vehicle matching the description […]
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Nine People, Including Air Canada Worker, Arrested in $14.5 Million Gold Heist
It was a brazen theft: thousands of gold bars and millions of dollars in bank notes stolen a year ago from Toronto’s international airport. On Wednesday, Canadian authorities announced the arrest of nine people, including an Air Canada employee, in connection with the theft of more than 20 million Canadian dollars, about $14.5 million, in […]
Read MoreOhtani’s Dizzying 3 Weeks End in Exoneration by Authorities
In the clubhouse after the Los Angeles Dodgers won their season opener in Seoul last month, Shohei Ohtani’s longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, made a stunning admission to the team: He was a gambling addict, and Ohtani had paid his debts to a bookmaker. Ohtani, who is not fluent in English, listened but failed to fully […]
Read MoreIn Bogotá, Cyclists Fear Becoming Crime Victims
Bicycles are an essential part of the Colombian identity — ubiquitous, cheaper and, in some urban communities, often a faster way to get around. No Colombian city embodies riding on two wheels more than the capital, Bogotá, where the metropolitan area of nearly 11 million inhabitants has no subway system and some of the world’s […]
Read MoreProsecutors Say Ohtani’s Interpreter Stole $16 Million From Star
Federal prosecutors released a detailed complaint on Thursday that claimed Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, orchestrated a sprawling scheme over years to steal $16 million of the baseball star’s money to feed his gambling addiction. The money that Mizuhara took from Ohtani came directly from an account where Ohtani’s baseball salary was […]
Read MoreOhtani’s Former Interpreter Is Said to Be Negotiating a Guilty Plea
Ippei Mizuhara, the former translator for Shohei Ohtani who was fired late last month amid allegations he stole millions of dollars from the baseball star’s bank account to cover debts that Mizuhara owed to an illegal bookmaker, is in negotiations to plead guilty to federal crimes in connection with the purported theft, according to three […]
Read MoreFlorida Woman Sentenced for Stealing Ashley Biden’s Diary
A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced a Florida woman on Tuesday to a month in prison for her role in a brazen scheme to steal the diary of President Biden’s daughter and sell it to a right-wing group in the hope of disrupting the 2020 election. The conduct of the woman, Aimee Harris, “was despicable […]
Read MoreNew York State’s Budget Is Late. Here Are the Roadblocks.
For those who say that an on-time budget in New York State is about as likely as a solar eclipse, the odds on an eclipse are about to improve. The negotiations over the state budget, which was due on April 1, have stretched on for more than a week past the deadline as differences over […]
Read MoreU.S. Charges 8 in Beer Heists That Targeted Trains and Warehouses
Eight Bronx men were charged on Wednesday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of beer, mostly Modelo and Corona imported from Mexico, by robbing train yards and warehouses in dozens of thefts across the Northeast over the past two years. An indictment unsealed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan accuses Jose Cesari as being […]
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