November 5, 2004

Queens funeral director admits insurance fraud

Neil Foster Phillips, a Queens funeral director, has admitted that he and his wife purchased life insurance policies for people who (usually) didn't exist and then prepared phony death certificates to cash in on the policies. They made $3.1 million... Continue reading...

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September 10, 2004

Feds bust up $20 million chop shop operation

Astra Motor Cars, a salvage yard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, was a front for a "chop shop" operation that produced $20 million in revenues and funded a burgeoning real estate empire that stretched out to the suburbs of Long Island. The... Continue reading...

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