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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for Sunday August 17, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Crypto Influencer Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Million Dollar "Cryptojacking" Scheme
BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Crypto Influencer Sentenced to Prison for Multi-Million Dollar "Cryptojacking" Scheme Defendant Stole More Than $3.5 Million in Cloud Computing Services in Order to Mine Cryptocurrency * Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Charles O. Parks III, also known as "CP3O," was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric Komitee to one year and one   more

Defendants Charged In Over $200 Million Water Vending Machine Ponzi Scheme And Related Investment Fraud
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Defendants Charged In Over $200 Million Water Vending Machine Ponzi Scheme And Related Investment Fraud United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton; Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Teal Luthy Miller; Inspector in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service ("US  more

Federal Inmate Convicted Of First-Degree Murder
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release: * * * Federal Inmate Convicted Of First-Degree Murder United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced today the conviction of DANIEL V. SMITH of first-degree murder. SMITH was convicted by a jury following a trial before U.S. District Judge Philip M. Halpern and will be sentenced on December 4, 2025. SMITH faces a mandatory life se  more