A Trinidadian family living in New York City was sentenced to a total of 418 years in prison for conning fellow West Indian immigrants out of more than $1million with fake promises of getting them green cards. Fifty-two year old Shane Ramsundar along with his 48-year-old wife, Gomatee, and their 23-year-old daughter, Shantal, were called [...]

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An American doctor was sentenced in a Cambodian court to 10 years in prison for paying for sex with two boys, aged 12 and 15. Sixty nine year old Phillip Bruce Shepard, who worked at a private Phnom Penh clinic, was arrested last July after the boys’ parents filed a complaint against him.  Authorities began [...]

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A 23-year-old flight attendant from Woodbury, Minnesota, was sentenced to six years in prison for setting fire in the bathroom of an airplane during flight. Initially, Eder Rojas, a former flight attendant with Compass Airlines, had told investigators that he had set the fire on the aircraft in 2008 because he was unhappy about working the [...]

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A British hedge-fund manager has accused a New York City gallery and its former president of selling him a bogus Jackson Pollock painting for over $15 million.  Pierre Lagrange filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court accusing Knoedler Gallery and its former president, Ann Freedman, of duping him into believing that the canvas painting, which [...]

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A New Jersey man is accused of masterminding the murders of his daughter and son-in-law, who were in Pakistan for wedding. Muzaffar Hussain is accused of having his 30-year-old daughter Uzma Naurin, a native of New York City, and her Scottish businessman husband Saif Rehman, 31, killed on November 1. Authorities say the couple, who [...]

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