Normally, a two-bedroom at the historic Dakota (1 West 72nd) being sold for $4.6 million wouldn’t draw much attention. However, this isn’t “normally.”
The seller in this case was Dutch investor Jan-Dirk Paarlberg, who was convicted of fraud, forgery and money laundering in the Netherlands last year for his role in a $23.5 million extortion scheme.
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Nineteen people were busted late last year by Manhattan prosecutors for cheating Medicaid, leading to a series of sentencing for the despicable crime.  The latest sentencing comes for artist Steven Colucci, a painter who lives on West 109th Street and allegedly collected $16,112 in Medicaid benefits.  Colucci pled guilty to fraud in December for lying [...]