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A former town clerk in the Fulton County town of Mayfield was sentenced Wednesday for stealing more than $35,000 from the county.Former Mayfield Town…

A New York state assemblywoman has been indicted on fraud charges after authorities say she falsely claimed Superstorm Sandy forced her from her home.…

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office has reached a $540,000 settlement with a Virginia-based retailer and financing firm that…

An Albany insurance broker has been sentenced to nine years in prison for a $1 million securities fraud scheme.Prosecutors say Lawrence Rosenbaum…

The Rockland County executive wants the legislature to terminate contracts with an auditing firm. This comes the day after the Securities and Exchange…

A Mohawk Valley woman is going to jail for keeping her 93-year-old mother's corpse for over a year so she could cash her benefit checks.Mary Kersting of…

The fallout from the Volkswagen scandal is still unclear.In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock…

The New York state attorney general says a doctor and nurse have been arrested in an alleged fraud scheme in Dutchess County.Attorney General Eric…

Two upstate New York investment brokers have been given federal prison sentences for diverting more than $4 million of their clients' funds to pay…

An upstate New York woman accused of scamming almost half a million dollars from the fund for Boston Marathon bombing victims is fighting extradition to…