Danny Juliano, 50, still had check-signing authority for the Woodbrooke Estates Home Owners Association, where he was a past president. The 629-unit townhouse and condo development is located in Rossville, Staten Island.
Authorities claim that over a period of more than three years, Juliano made cash withdrawals of $366,380, telling the association board that he was taking advantage of cheap prices for pool supplies in New Jersey.
Prosecutors said that Juliano was indicted on charges of grand larceny and tax fraud, because he did not report the funds he received as income. His attorney said that he was released on his own recognizance and would be required to surrender his passport within 72 hours. The homeowners association declined to comment to the New York Daily News.
According to NYPD payroll records, Juliano worked as an evidence and property control specialist.
Embezzlement and related charges are serious crimes that require a sophisticated defense. People accused of such crimes are innocent until proven guilty, and an experienced criminal defense attorney can help protect their rights.
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Capt. Christopher Flanagan, commander of the NYPD’s Financial Crimes Task Force, said that credit card fraud is becoming a “big issue” in Brooklyn. Credit card numbers are stolen when customers use them at retailers all over the world, traded on the Internet’s hidden “dark web,” and encoded onto new cards using machines.
Identity theft and credit card crimes are serious charges that require a sophisticated defense. A person accused of such crimes may be wrongly accused, the police or prosecutors may have made mistakes or violated the defendant’s rights, or the person may be a small-time player caught up in a dragnet. Many attorneys are unfamiliar with the complexities of such charges, so it is important to be represented by experienced legal counsel who will explore every possible defense.
The post Credit card fraud charges becoming more common in New York City first appeared on SEONewsWire.net.]]>The technology is cell site simulation, accomplished by use of “Stingrays,” named for the leading brand of the devices. These portable devices mimic cell phone towers, causing nearby cell phones to connect to them instead of towers. Communications pass through the Stingrays, allowing their presence and operation to remain transparent to the compromised users nearby. Police are then able to determine the locations of connected devices and, in some cases, observe the calls and text messages that pass through.
The devices cannot be configured to target only a suspect’s phone; instead, they target all phones within their signal range. Even in cases where police receive proper judicial approval for the use of Stingrays, connecting to and tracking innocent people’s phones raises important questions of privacy. But the troubling fact is that police in some cases do not even bother to obtain a warrant before using Stingrays to track suspects.
Many civil liberties advocates speculate that law enforcement may even be using cell site simulators to gather information on protestors at public gatherings, irrespective of whether any of them are suspected of any crimes. Actual evidence of this is scant, but if true, it would hardly be surprising given similar operations in the past. Last year, for example, The Intercept reported that the NYPD was engaged in surveillance of peaceful Black Lives Matters protests and kept files on individuals activists.
In our next post, we’ll explain how recent court rulings are keeping law enforcement’s use of cell site simulators in check.
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