Robert Morone, 55, of Gates, has been sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer to 24 months in prison and fined $5,000 for defrauding Monroe County.

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Michael Groh, former president of Digitel Solutions for Business, has pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny to failing to account and pay payroll taxes.

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NEW YORK CITY — JPMorgan Chase, the bank where Bernard Madoff kept his clients’ money, said in a court filing Tuesday that it had no legal obligation to figure out that the Ponzi king’s investment scheme was a fraud.

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NEW YORK CITY — The owners of the Mets turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff’s massive fraud, reaping $300 million in false profits and using a large chunk to run the team, according to a lawsuit unsealed Friday.

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U.S. District Court, WDNY   Banking Consent Judgment — Fraud United States v. Goods 10-CV-576 Judge Skretny Background: According to the stipulation in this case, Goods is a settlement attorney who handled real estate refinance closings on behalf of financial ...

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Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has reached a settlement with Young Adult Institute Inc. organization officials Philip H. Levy and Karen Wegmann, and former CEO Joel M. Levy, resolving allegations that they defrauded the Medicaid program.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seven hospitals in six states have agreed to pay the United States more than $6.3 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.

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U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Bankruptcy Appeal Fraud — Non-Dischargeable Debts Rinaudo v. Genesee Regional Bank 09-CV-6609 Judge Larimer Background: This is an appeal from an October 2009 decision of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Ninfo. In that ...

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NEW YORK CITY — An Austrian bank accuses the trustee recovering money for victims of Bernard Madoff’s fraud of going after the bank and its principal shareholder as part of an “international witch-hunt.”

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NEW YORK CITY — For two years, the two sons of jailed financier Bernard Madoff portrayed themselves as honest whistleblowers of their father's historic fraud. A court-appointed trustee depicted them as bungling money managers who did nothing to protect investors.

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The Department of Justice secured $3 billion in civil settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2010, an official for the Department announced last week.

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NEW YORK CITY — The trustee trying to recover money for investors cheated by Bernard Madoff is suing JP Morgan Chase for $6.4 billion, saying the bank had a central role in abetting the disgraced financier as he carried out his fraud.

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