The Healey administration’s Western Massachusetts Deputy Director LaMar Cook was arrested after State Police intercepted a cocaine shipment at the Springfield State Office, the Hampden DA’s office announced Wednesday. “The Governor’s Office has been made aware of the arrest of an employee, Lamar Cook,” a spokesperson for the governor said. “The conduct that occurred here is unacceptable and represents a …
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Retired New York financier Howard Rubin and his former personal assistant were charged in a federal indictment Friday with running a yearslong sex trafficking ring that allegedly involved violence so severe that one woman required surgery, prosecutors said. Joseph Nocella Jr., U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said Rubin used his “wealth to mislead and recruit women …
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Retired financier Howard Rubin was arrested Friday on sex trafficking charges for allegedly trafficking dozens of women, including former Playboy models, to be sexually and physically assaulted during encounters in his Central Park penthouse in a soundproofed room described in court papers as “The Dungeon.” Authorities announced the arrest of Rubin and his former personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, on charges …
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A 10-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging retired New York-based financier, Howard Rubin, also known as “Howie” and “H,” along with his personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, with sex trafficking and transporting women in interstate commerce for sex acts with Rubin. Rubin was also charged with bank fraud in connection with misrepresentations made to a bank …
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Howie Rubin Jonathon Ziegler | Patrick McMullan | Getty Images Famed retired money manager Howard Rubin and his former personal assistant were arrested Friday morning on charges of sex trafficking and transporting women across state lines for commercial sex acts over the course of a decade. Rubin, 70, participated in sex acts with the women in luxury hotels in New …
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The founder of a California-based pornography empire that recruited women with false modeling offers was sentenced on Monday to 27 years in federal prison for sex trafficking. Michael James Pratt pleaded guilty in June in federal court in San Diego. Federal prosecutors said Pratt and his co-defendants used force, fraud and coercion to recruit hundreds of women, many of whom …
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