After a hard day of just being a friggin' hero, pulling your fellow man out of the twisted, flaming wreckage of a highway pileup, a guy is entitled to $1,200 of body work on his Expedition, a little $21,000 shoulder surgery and maybe a cold one, right? But the NYPD has slapped the cuffs on Gabriel Hernandez, a Bronx resident who is accused of insurance fraud after authorities viewed a tape of the accident that shows Hernandez wasn't actually involved in the accident. more ›

Manhattan DA Cy Vance has indicted the owner of a Manhattan-based temp agency GT Systems for insurance fraud, collecting $25 million that was supposed to be paid into workers' comp. Eric Goldstein had allegedly been kicked out of the New York State Insurance Fund for failing to pay debts, and rather than pay for mandatory coverage, created over 50 fake subsidiaries of GT Systems and had his employees fill out fake paperwork. Vance said, “Fraud like this drives up premiums for honest New Yorkers, and hurts both taxpayers and our workforce." Goldstein faces up to 25 years in prison for the charges. more ›

An ex-con charged with brutally murdering and robbing a Long Island life coach is using a fictitious sounding "assisted suicide" defense—the strangest part is he may be telling the truth. "This man came to Harlem looking for a person to take him out. This man was asking everyone in Harlem to kill him," the defendant's sister told the Daily News last year. Now, as the court finds more and more evidence to support the unlikely story, charges against Kenneth Minor may be downgraded. more ›

Police have made the first in what they hope will be a series of arrests connected to the murder of Long Island motivational speaker Jeff Locker. 36-year-old Kenneth Minor has been charged with second-degree murder after being identified as one of two people seen on ATM surveillance video while taking out money from Locker's account. The News says Minor can be seen "checking his face for blood splatters in the ATM reflection." Minor, who has a rap sheet dating back to 1991 on drug and robbery charges, admitted to cops that he was on the scene while Locker was stabbed with a screwdriver while parked in his car in East Harlem, but claimed that he was only assisting the North Woodmere father of two in committing suicide so that Locker's family could collect insurance. Police dismiss that notion and say they are now looking for the prostitute who appears to have set up Locker's murder. The News says that Locker was involved in seeing that woman during "a series of Wednesday night trysts." more ›

Yesterday the police announced they arrested 61 people for larceny and insurance fraud after they sold their cars for parts and tried to claim they were stolen. The NYPD actually ran the Queens "chop shop" where customers would typically have a middleman drop off their cars. more ›