Police in Geneva say they’ve had a criminal complaint about someone being scammed with “Motion Picture Use Only” imitation money. They’re warning local businesses and people to look closely at U.S. currency they’re handed to make sure it’s legitimate. The bills used in the scam were prominently marked “Motion Picture Use Only.” Police are trying […]
Federal prosecutors have charged a Canadian man with conspiring along with a group of Canadian citizens to defraud American taxpayers. They say 36-year-old Timothy Johnson of Calgary, Alberta pleaded guilty in federal court in Rochester to filing false tax returns. Johnson was offered a plea deal and agreed to make restitution of nearly $643,000 he […]
Rochester’s Board of Ethics will take up Mayoral Candidate Rachel Barnhart’s complaint that the city has favored ridesharing company Uber over its competition. Barnhart filed the complaint earlier this month after an Uber job fair co-sponsored by City Hall with help from a PR firm that employs a former aide to Mayor Lovely Warren. At […]