Brooklyn, New York
Coverage of Brooklyn, New York in the Nexus archive.
- 2 Brooklyn men sentenced for stealing $750,000 in gold from Tennessee man
Two Brooklyn, New York, residents pleaded guilty to stealing $750,000 in gold from a Granville man through a Treasury impersonation scam.
- Private Investigator Sentenced to Prison for Interstate Stalking and Harassment of Chinese Nationals on Behalf of the People’s Republic of China
Michael McMahon, a 57-year-old private investigator from New Jersey, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China and conducting interstate stalking and harassment. McMahon participated in a scheme to coerce a U.S. resident's repatriation to China as part of the PRC's 'Operation Fox Hunt' repatriation effort.
- Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives
The Justice Department has charged three individuals—Farhad Shakeri of Iran, Carlisle Rivera of Brooklyn, and Jonathon Loadholt of Staten Island—in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin in New York. Shakeri is identified as an asset of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The criminal complaint details their involvement in the conspiracy to commit murder.