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$9.5K Debt Relief Payment Lands Man Grand Larceny Charge: Nassau County Police
A Long Island man is accused of taking thousands of dollars from a customer who thought the money would help settle his debts, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Nitin Pal Singh, 43, of Hicksville, was arrested following an investigation into a $9,500 payment made to a debt relief company, according to Nassau County Police.
The case began when a 40-year-old man was contacted by a company called Wavepayz and offered debt relief assistance on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, detectives said.
The victim agreed and was instructed to pay $9,500 to Purzue Care Inc., located at 64 Gardner Ave. in Hick…
Gotti Grandson From LI Lands In Lockup After Mom’s Kidney Transplant Drama
John Gotti’s COVID fraudster grandson has finally reported to prison, after delaying his report date for nearly half a year, authorities said.
Carmine G. Agnello, 40, of Oyster Bay, NY, is being held in federal prison in Fairton, NJ, according to Bureau of Prisons records.
Agnello was sentenced to 15 months behind bars in April 2026. He pleaded guilty to stealing $1.1 million in federal COVID relief funds and spending the money on cryptocurrency investments.
But Agnello insisted he needed to remain free to donate a kidney to his mother, Victoria Gotti, the daughter of notorious “Teflon Don…
LI Woman, 87, Found Dead In Backyard Pool After Drowning, Cops Say
An elderly Long Island woman drowned in her backyard pool on Wednesday morning, Aug. 12, police said.
Eileen Specht, 87, of Northport, was found unresponsive in the pool just before 8 a.m., the Suffolk County Police Department said. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and police do not suspect criminal involvement in her death.
Specht is the third person to drown in a backyard pool on Long Island in the past week, according to authorities.
Former NYPD chief Anthony Izzo, 75, was found dead in a pool at his Stony Brook home on Friday, Aug. 7 around 7:45 p.m., police said. Then on Sunday, …
