On Behalf of Lerner & Lerner, P.C. | Dec 16, 2014 | White Collar Crimes
On Dec. 10, a 48-year-old man was the fourth former employee of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. to be convicted and sentenced on securities fraud charges and conspiracy. The man worked as a computer programmer from 1991 to 2008, an era of Madoff’s...
On Behalf of Lerner & Lerner, P.C. | Dec 11, 2014 | Weapons Charges
New York law categorizes murder as one of the most serious crimes a person can commit. In accordance with this stance, the punishments for first-degree murder are among the most strict that can be handed down by the court. Not all first-degree murder cases are handled...
On Behalf of Lerner & Lerner, P.C. | Dec 9, 2014 | White Collar Crimes
Individuals in New York may have heard of Ponzi schemes. A Ponzi scheme is an illegal investment scheme in which money is generated from new investors. It is named for a man named Charles Ponzi who ran a fraudulent investment scheme in New England in the 1920s related...
On Behalf of Lerner & Lerner, P.C. | Dec 5, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Prior convictions are playing a central and controversial role in the sentencing of a New York man who was convicted on a number of narcotics and robbery charges. The outcome of the man’s case could influence the way prior convictions are handled in other...
On Behalf of Lerner & Lerner, P.C. | Dec 3, 2014 | Drunk Driving
According to authorities, an alleged drunk driver fell asleep while driving in Staten Island on the West Shore Expressway around 2:10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. The driver, a 39-year-old Allentown, Pennsylvania, man, was apparently in the New Jersey-bound lanes when he...
