Uber is fighting to stop scammers from posing as company cab drivers at several New York City airports. Imposters are using clipboards and bogus signs for the ride-hailing service to lure travelers into their cars. According to the Better Business Bureau, people who seem distracted, tired or stressed have been particularly likely to fall victim…

Authorities have nabbed a New York-based quartet of scammers who masterminded a multimillion-dollar identity theft and money laundering scheme using credit card skimmers. Ring leader Davit Kudugulyan, 45, pleaded guilty to second-degree money laundering in New York State Supreme Court in June 2015. He was sentenced to one to three years in prison and a…

A former high school teacher at the Bronx High School of Science pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography in Manhattan federal court on September 23. The charge carries a mandatory five-year prison sentence with a maximum of 20 years. Jon Cruz, 33, paid minors to send him sexually explicit images between July 2014 and December…

A Bronx resident has been indicted on multiple child pornography charges of possession and promotion. Investigators discovered that his laptop contained hundreds of images and videos of children as young as 3 years old experiencing sexual abuse. Raymond Fontanez, 41, was indicted on 1,020 counts of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child, possessing…