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Authorities in New York City said Thursday they disrupted an online fraud operation that stole millions of dollars by duping victims into making phony cryptocurrency investments. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said his office seized 21 web domains that were being used by scammers in so-called “pig butchering” schemes, a term that refers to gaining victims’ trust through dating apps …

Squatting laws have become a frequent target of exploitation by savvy criminals who fraudulently move into vacant homes across the nation. Experts warn that the problem could be compounded by the ongoing immigration crisis, with migrants catching wind of the laws and taking advantage of them. “I have thought about invading a house in the United States,” migrant Leonel Moreno …

A little-known and rarely enforced law from 1907 that makes adultery a crime in the state of New York could soon be a thing of the past, after lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to repeal it. The state Senate approved the bill almost unanimously. It’s now up to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is in the midst of budget …

NEW YORK CITY – A “culture of lawlessness” has allowed squatters to take control of properties and haul homeowners through costly, lengthy legal battles, a real estate broker facing alleged squatters of her own told Fox News. “Squatters are a major problem not only in the area, but all over New York,” Top Nest Properties broker Ejona Bardhi Shyti told …

Jeffrey Lichtman, the prominent defense lawyer retained by Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ son Justin, accused federal investigators of leaking details about the search warrants served on the hip-hop billionaire’s mansions in Miami and Los Angeles and attempting to influence public opinion with a show of force. In the most recent episode of “Beyond the Legal Limit,” an hour-long show that covered …

Former President Donald Trump‘s legal team continues to take on the New York judicial system, demanding Judge Juan Merchan’s recusal in his upcoming hush-money trial. While the Trump team takes on the courtroom, Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley examined the court of public opinion on “America’s Newsroom” on Wednesday, arguing the case “could not be worse” for the country after …

FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., in a statement to Fox News Digital, called on a New York City judge to rescue himself from former President Trump’s upcoming April 15 hush-money criminal trial, while also hammering the judge’s “Democrat political operative” daughter, who the third top-ranking House Republican accuses of financially benefiting from the case. “Democrat Manhattan Judge Juan …

The New York judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial has rejected his bid for a delay until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the issue of presidential immunity. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed Trump’s request untimely, ruling that his lawyers had plenty of opportunities to raise the immunity issue before they did earlier this month. “This …

Six violent felons incarcerated in New York are suing for the right to view next week’s total solar eclipse despite a statewide prison lockdown, citing the “religious significance” of the event. The inmates at Woodbourne Correctional Facility in Woodbourne – a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-Day Adventist, two Santeria practitioners and one atheist – argue that barring them from viewing …

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is reportedly demanding the organizers of the New York City Marathon pay $750,000 to cover the lost toll revenue that comes from shutting down the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. The New York Road Runners (NYRR), which run the iconic marathon every year, are being threatened with restricted use of the bridge if they don’t pay up, according …