New Rochelle Contractor Pocketed $50K Meant For Employees, DA Says
A New Rochelle contractor has been re-arrested and hit with new felony charges for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 in wages from his own employees.
Artemio Fuerte, 40, was arraigned in New Rochelle City Court Tuesday, March 3, on charges including grand larceny and scheme to defraud, both felonies. He also faces five counts of failure to pay wages when due under labor law, a misdemeanor.
Fuerte, the owner and operator of Fuerte Construction Services LLC, withheld approximately $51,720 in wages from five employees between September 2022 and October 2025, the Westchester County DA’s offi…
$12K Bitcoin Lancaster County Jury Duty Scam Lands SC Woman On PA Most Wanted List: Police
A phone call claiming to be from a sheriff cost a Lancaster County resident $12,000 — and now a South Carolina woman is wanted in connection with the alleged scam, Manheim Township Police announced on Friday, Feb. 27.
Veronica Anntonette Oliva, 36, of Columbia, SC, has been charged with Dealing In Proceeds Of Unlawful Activities, Theft By Deception, Criminal Conspiracy (Theft By Deception), and Receiving Stolen Property, according to the release.
Police said the case began on Jan. 30, 2026, when a victim reported receiving a telephone call from a man identifying himself as “Sgt. Dean Mitche…
Cash, Cars, And Corruption: Brandywine GSA Insider Cut Federal Bribe Deals
A former federal contracting official in Maryland has admitted he abused his position to steer government work in exchange for cash and personal favors, according to the US Department of Justice.
Lennie Lamont Miller, 60, of Brandywine, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. 29, to two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery of a federal official, prosecutors announced.
Miller previously worked as a contracting officer’s representative for the General Services Administration, a federal agency that manages government properties.
According to court documents, Miller conspired with construction comp…
