Cash For Supplies That Never Arrived: Former DC School Official Admits Bribery
She was supposed to be buying supplies for students.
Instead, federal prosecutors say a longtime DC school administrator was taking cash under the table while approving payments for orders that never showed up.
District resident Tracy Hatton, 60, admitted to her role in the scheme after pleading guilty to bribery, according to the US Attorney's Office for DC.
The guilty plea, entered in November 2025, was unsealed Thursday, July 9.
Hatton worked as the administrative officer at McKinley Technology High School, where she controlled the school's supply budget, selected vendors, approv…
Amityville Nurse Who Pocketed $1.25M In Fake Vaccine Scheme Hit With Record Fine
A Long Island nurse who admitted to faking more than 150 child vaccines was fined $544,000 by the state, officials announced Thursday, July 9.
Julie DeVuono’s fine is the largest in the New York Department of Health’s 125-year history, the agency said.
DeVuono, 53, pleaded guilty to criminal charges in June 2024, in which she agreed to complete community service, forfeit $1.2 million in criminal proceeds, and give up her professional licenses.
Between 2019 and 2022, DeVuono lied about giving 162 children various vaccines, including for chickenpox, measles, hepatitis, tetanus, and COVID-19,…
NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Allston, Brighton Brothels: Feds
A New York woman and Chinese national has been federally indicted after prosecutors accused her of running an alleged sex trafficking operation out of residential brothels in the Boston area.
Zengzeng Liu, 40, of Flushing, New York, also known as "Bella," is accused of managing an international operation beginning no later than August 2025. Investigators say women, many of them foreign nationals from Japan, Vietnam, China, and the Philippines, were recruited to travel to the Greater Boston area to engage in commercial sex acts, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said. She is…
Trumbull Woman Accused Of Stealing $78K From Southport Family Dental Through Years-Long Scheme
A former employee of a Connecticut dental practice is accused of stealing more than $78,000 from the business through a years-long scheme, according to Fairfield police.
Barbara Economovich, 29, of Trumbull, was arrested last week and charged with third-degree burglary, first-degree larceny, and first-degree computer crime, police said.
The investigation began after employees of Southport Family Dental noticed unusual activity at the business while it was closed, as well as suspicious activity involving the company's credit card refunds, Fairfield police said.
Investigators said…
Bookkeeper Bleeds West Babylon Company For Almost $400K In Embezzlement Scheme: Cops
A Long Island bookkeeper stole nearly $400,000 from her employer by simply writing herself checks from the company, police said Tuesday, May 19.
Patricia Sparby, 66, of West Islip, worked at R&J Display Inc. in West Babylon for several years, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Between January 2019 and August 2024, Sparby wrote checks to herself totaling $385,424.36, investigators said. The fraud was discovered during an internal audit in 2025, according to police.
Sparby was arrested around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, and her arraignment on a charge of second-degree grand larceny was sc…
Hackensack Cop Faked Military Records To Get Paid Leave: Prosecutor
A Hackensack police officer is accused of faking a military background in order to obtain paid leave totaling more than $18,000, authorities said.
Forrod Bonsu, 31, of Hackensack, was arrested on Wednesday, April 29, following a joint investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Hackensack Police Department, according to a release from Prosecutor Mark Musella.
The investigation began on Friday, Feb. 6, when the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Confidential Investigations Unit received information about alleged forged military records submitted to the City of Hackensack, …
