Nine taxi dispatchers at John F. Kennedy airport are accused of participating in a “reprehensible” scheme in which they took bribes so drivers could cut the line to pick up passengers.
Three arrested over Hollywood -style series of worldwide bank heists
US federal authorities said they arrested three New York men this week on money laundering conspiracy charges in connection with an elaborate, international bank robbery operation that netted more than US$30 million ($38.85m) over several years. The defendants and their co-conspirators were allegedly part of a sophisticated network of criminals that used high-tech camera equipment to steal millions in cash and other valuables from victims who had tried to protect their property by using safe deposit boxes in foreign countries, and they then laundered the proceeds of their scheme through the United States financial system, said Acting United States Attorney Mark J Lesko in a statement.
Ocean s Three: Brooklyn men used state-of-the-art technology to break into safety deposit boxes in more than 20 banks across Europe looting valuables worth $30MILLION
Three Brooklyn men - Val Cooper, 56, Alex Levin, 52, and Garri Smith, 49, are accused of stealing over $30 million from more than two dozen European banks
They used high tech camera equipment and sophisticated tools on specially targeted banks with poor security systems, federal prosecutors say The crimes we allege in this indictment read like something straight out of Hollywood fiction, FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William Sweeney said
They executed their scheme in the Ukraine, Russia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Latvia, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, according to prosecutors
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