In a series of legal actions across the United States, several individuals have been sentenced for various crimes, highlighting a crackdown on different forms of illegal activities. At JFK Airport, individuals involved in hacking the taxi dispatch system to allow drivers to bypass the queue were sentenced to prison terms. Specifically, a hacking incident targeting the taxi line computer system at JFK led to a 4-year prison sentence for one of the conspirators, as declared by Judge Crotty, who emphasized that hacking equates to stealing from the Port Authority. In another case, Lester Aceituno from Georgia received a 30-month sentence for bank fraud conspiracy and identity theft, following an investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. A former mayor in Puerto Rico was sentenced to more than five years in prison in a notable bribery case, part of a broader federal effort to combat government corruption in the territory. Additionally, a south suburban accountant pleaded guilty to a federal tax offense, resulting in over $3.4 million in federal and state tax losses. Dennis Maddox was sentenced to 366 days for possession of a counterfeit USPS key, and a pair of Queens men were implicated in the JFK taxi scam. James T. Weiss, related to former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios, received a 5.5-year sentence for bribing Illinois lawmakers and lying to the FBI.
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Businessman James T. Weiss, a son-in-law of former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios, was sentenced to 5.5 years behind bars on Wednesday for bribing two Illinois lawmakers and lying to the FBI. https://t.co/8OaXZde9Pl
2022: Cook County judge sentences him to 1 day for stealing mail in the South Loop. 2024: Federal judge sentences him to 366 days in prison for possessing the postal service master key he used to steal the mail. https://t.co/tV4NNyp9fi
Dennis Maddox, seen here in 2021, was sentenced for possession of a counterfeit USPS key. Read more: https://t.co/MEqTYbyzFI https://t.co/uWSkCiEK7W
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NYC cabbies get prison time in Russian hack scheme to skip JFK taxi line https://t.co/b4covm6hP8 https://t.co/8jAZ90zLJ9
A pair of Queens men convicted of conspiring to scam the taxi dispatch system at Kennedy Airport will go to prison for charging drivers to skip the line. https://t.co/g74a3n9CJI
A south suburban accountant has pleaded guilty to a federal tax offense in connection with a scheme that resulted in a federal and state tax loss of more than $3.4 million. https://t.co/ZRo6UGd1fU
A former Puerto Rico mayor who was caught on film in a high-profile bribery case was sentenced to more than five years in prison as part of an ongoing federal crackdown on government corruption in the US territory: https://t.co/1eLKPUVspV
As a result of our investigation with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Lester Aceituno, of Georgia, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for bank fraud conspiracy & identity theft. https://t.co/GquE39pfmd https://t.co/Nw0W8CfaWJ
OK - now in sentencing in hacking of taxi line computer system at JFK Airport. Judge Crotty: Hacking is just stealing, from the Port Authority. I sentence you to 4 years in prison. Inner City Press story : https://t.co/XTkZVNGEOj Update coming https://t.co/FmURfIlqWM