crime

Not All Goldman Employees Are Sitting So Pretty

cityfile · 07/29/09 09:07AM

It's been a rough few weeks for Goldman Sachs as critics have assailed the firm over its massive profits, the role it may have played in creating the current economic mess and, last but not least, the firm's decision to stand by silently as the Bronx's cookie industry is decimated. How could it possibly get any worse? Having child molesters on the payroll, for one thing:

iPhone Avenges Burglary for Man, Boy

Ryan Tate · 07/28/09 04:30PM

Apple's two-month-old "Find My iPhone" has already jailed a criminal: A 15-year-old tracked down two iPhones and a wallet stolen from two cars. "As soon as I told [a police officer] the address, he started to laugh." Revenge is priceless.

You Can Only Lose Your ATM Card So Many Times

cityfile · 07/28/09 02:18PM

Need further evidence that America's banking system could use a little fixing? Four NYU college buddies figured out that if you claim your ATM card has been stolen, you're not responsible for the charges, and the bank has 10 days to reimburse you for the loss. So the four opened account after account and pretended their cards had been stolen, over and over again, racking up about half a million bucks in phony refunds over the course of, oh, five years or so, before the banks finally figured out that there might just be a pattern here. Not that lawyer (and chick magnet) Eric Manganelli wasn't already a bit suspicious, of course. It's never a good sign when you count Al D'Amato and Bernie Kerik as friends on Facebook. [NYDN]

The 911 Call That Got Henry Louis Gates Busted

John Cook · 07/27/09 12:40PM

The Cambridge Police Department has released the 911 call that led to the arrest of Henry Louis Gates. The caller didn't say the men were black, and she said they could have just been having trouble with their keys.

Colonel Kate Major's War For Jon Gosselin's Soul

Foster Kamer · 07/25/09 08:45AM

Jon Gosselin's pissed Kate Major's lying about them being together. Another parent peddles her kids for money when really, she should be a Spider Man villain. Lindsay Lohan gives me Gwyneth's GOOPy runs. Happy Saturday Morning, here we go:

Love and Crime on Long Island

Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 09:36AM

Is there a way for the old "Teacher Arrested For Sleeping With Student" to combine with the old "Man Solicits Underage Sex on the Internet" to produce a new, stupider crime? On Long Island there is.

Least Important Crooks in Albany Busted

Hamilton Nolan · 07/21/09 03:46PM

Turns out that a couple of state workers in Albany hid in some back room smoking weed and selling weed and watching DVDs and passing out on the couch instead of working. And?

New York's Pretty Young Things Are Turning to Crime

John Cook · 07/21/09 11:42AM

Robin Katz is a "sexy 25-year-old financial planner working at Chase's Midtown headquarters," according to the New York Post, who allegedly ripped off a client to the tune of $110,000 so she could spend it "shopping" and "going out."

Making Crime Pay

cityfile · 07/21/09 08:33AM

New York State Assemblyman Jim Tedisco introduced a "Madoff" bill on Monday, which would require rich New Yorkers convicted of crimes to pay state and federal governments for the estimated $80-$90 it costs to keep them behind bars. Despite the name, Tedisco's proposed law wouldn't have even applied to Madoff, since the government stripped him of his assets. But had it been on the books a few years ago? The most humiliating period in Martha Stewart's life would have come with a $13,500 bill, too. [Reuters]

Cop Saves Money Stereotypically

Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/09 11:03AM

The Way We Live Now: Stereotypically. Cops are stealing donuts. Other things are happening too, but cops are stealing donuts. Come on, guys.