Officials say a three‑stage "Phantom Hacker" scam has already siphoned more than $1 billion and is preying on older New Yorkers; here’s how the con works and what to do.

A Manhattan complaint alleges Sean “Diddy” Combs drugged and raped a 16‑year‑old in Lower Manhattan in 2000 and names Bad Boy entities under the city’s lookback law.

A 17‑year‑old was shot in the left foot during wild Knicks celebrations in Times Square and rushed to Bellevue Hospital. Police made multiple arrests and recovered a firearm, according to reporting.

At 100 Centre Street a heavily tattooed defendant grinned as an NYPD firearms expert displayed a packaged handgun. He is accused in a case tied to two homicides.

A Chicago developer's CFO told a Manhattan federal jury that the firm paid appraisal fees to companies tied to two Florida men and received no loan. Prosecutors say the defendants ran an alleged $12 million advance‑fee scheme.

The NYPD released a photo after an early-morning attempted rape in Central Park and is asking witnesses to call Crime Stoppers. Detectives are reviewing video and leads.

FDNY posted an alert about road closures and mass-transit disruptions near Centre and Worth streets in Lower Manhattan this afternoon.

A federal jury convicted two men accused of running Bronx and Washington Heights pill mills that pressed fentanyl‑laced counterfeit pills and shipped more than a million tablets nationwide.

Federal prosecutors say 13 people ran a scheme that laundered roughly 100 stolen cars; two Yonkers residents are named among the defendants.

A 17-year-old was hospitalized in a coma after an alleged group attack outside 237 W 35th St following an argument about the Knicks. Police released images and are asking for tips.

Manhattan prosecutors charged a North Carolina man in an alleged scheme to obtain hundreds of millions of shares as Jay Clayton vows to pursue private‑market fraud. The case underscores growing SDNY scrutiny of off‑market securities deals.

A Manhattan judge tossed noteholders’ suit accusing JPMorgan, Barclays and Fifth Third of missing red flags at bankrupt subprime lender Tricolor, trimming investors’ civil options. The ruling comes as criminal cases and bankruptcy work continue to unfold.

Federal prosecutors charged a man after an alleged string of armed convenience store robberies in New York City, the U.S. Attorney's Office says.