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Roger Ng, center, a former Goldman Sachs banker, leaves federal court with his lawyers Zach Intrater, left, and Teny Geragos, right, after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian development fund, Thursday March 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Ex-Goldman banker gets 10-year sentence in 1MDB looting plot
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Thu,03/09/23-12:18PM , 147 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs banker was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund of billions of dollars used to finance lavish parties, a superyacht, premium real estate and even the 2013 film “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
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FILE —-Erafin Yaz, 25, looks from his roof at the caution tape covering the corner of Bay Ridge Avenue and 5th Avenue where pedestrians were struck Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Delivery worker YiJie Ye was struck and killed by a U-Haul truck during a miles-long rampage, that barreled into bicyclists, moped riders, a police car and one pedestrian. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

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U-Haul rampage victim died striving for 'American dream'
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Fri,02/17/23-10:52AM , 185 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Three years ago, YiJie Ye was on a routine delivery run in Brooklyn on his motorized scooter when he was in a crash with another vehicle. The collision left the father of three injured and unable to work, but soon he was back on the road supporting his children.
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Baimadajie Angwang is photographed at the Law Office of John F. Carman, Esq., before an interview with the Associated Press, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Garden City, N.Y. In a few terrifying minutes nearly three years ago, Angwang's life took an abrupt turn — from a teenaged asylum seeker, U.S. Marine and NYPD officer to an accused spy for China. Last month the government dismissed charges against him without fully explaining why. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Police officer wants badge back after spy charges dropped
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Thu,02/09/23-12:16AM , 217 Reads
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — On a September day in 2020, New York City Police Officer Baimadajie Angwang kissed his toddler goodbye and was about to drive to work when he was surrounded by rifle-toting FBI agents.
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Roland Conner holds the first legal purchase of cannabis, bought from his son Darius, far right, in the "pop up" dispensary location of their business Smacked Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in New York. The store is the first Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) opening since the legalization of cannabis that is run by businesspeople who had been criminalized by cannabis prohibition. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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War on drugs locked him up; now he's a cannabis entrepreneur
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Tue,01/24/23-2:16PM , 208 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail. It’s a time he'd rather not talk about.
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