Nassau County Police recently charged Zafar Furhad, 44, of Bellmore, with depositing three fraudulent checks into his Capital One Bank account and later withdrawing $26,000 that was not his, according to officials.
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5/28/15
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A federal judge will wait an extra two weeks to sentence Dave Denenberg, a former Nassau County legislator from Merrick, for defrauding a legal client of $2.3 million. His sentencing was scheduled for May 22, but the judge granted a requested delay until June 5.
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By Brian Racow
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5/21/15
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Dave Denenberg, a longtime Nassau County legislator from Merrick accused by his former law firm of over-billing a corporate client for millions of dollars, pleaded guilty to eight counts of mail fraud Wednesday morning in Central Islip federal court.
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By Brian Racow and Scott Brinton
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1/21/15
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The lawsuit that ended Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg’s State Senate campaign is over.The Merrick Democrat’s former law firm, Davidoff Hutch & Citron, which sued him in September for allegedly defrauding a corporate client of $2.3 million, filed a ...
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By Brian Racow
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12/23/14
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Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg, the Merrick Democrat accused by his former employer of overbilling a large corporate client for millions of dollars, was expected to plead guilty to mail fraud charges in federal court in Central Islip on Dec. 11, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
He didn’t, however.
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By Brian Racow and Scott Brinton
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12/10/14
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A judge last week adjourned deadlines for the defense to file legal papers in the case of Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP v. David W. Denenberg. The parties said that the judge approved the delay while they negotiate a settlement.
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By Brian Racow
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10/22/14
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An attorney for Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg indicated that a settlement between his client and Davidoff Hutcher & Citron — which is suing Denenberg for $3.6 million — may be in the works.
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By Brian Racow
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10/8/14
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County Legislator Dave Denenberg’s campaign for the New York State Senate came to a screeching halt last week when news broke that he had allegedly stolen more than $2 million from a client of his law firm . . .
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10/2/14
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The former law firm of Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg is suing him in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, seeking $3.6 million in damages. The firm alleges that Denenberg systemically and fraudulently overbilled a client to the tune of $2.3 million over eight years, and sought a 25 percent annual bonus from the firm based, at least in part, on those billings.
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By Scott Brinton
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9/23/14
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Michael Costanza, 60, of North Merrick, a retired Long Island Rail Road transportation manager and former North Merrick Fire Department commissioner, was sentenced Tuesday to a three-year term in federal prison for making fraudulent disability claims and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in undeserved government benefits.
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By Brian Racow
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6/4/14
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