An East Elmhurst resident, Papa Diakhate, has been sentenced to a maximum of three years in prison for orchestrating a scheme that involved stealing over $1 million in federal pandemic relief funds through two fraudulent companies based in Jamaica. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz made the announcement Friday. Diakhate, 54, of Astoria Boulevard, pleaded guilty to one count of grand larceny in December.
Members of a Far Rockaway drug and gun trafficking operation were indicted following a six-month investigation that included a series of undercover drug buys