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If, at some point in the past few months, you found yourself no longer a member of Facebook or MySpace, it might be because you're a registered sex offender. The two social networking behemoths have booted more than 3,500 sex offenders as a part of New York state's Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act. The law was championed by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who would like to see 17 other social networking sites do that same. Of course, NAMBLAspace is exempted. Networking sites take action against sex offenders [7Online] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: crackdowns , andrew cuomo ... Read Full Story

Thirty-five hundred pervs, creeps and deviants just got the boot from the Internet's most popular link-up sites by the Attorney General Read Full Story

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp. on Wednesday alleging the US computer chip giant engaged in a "worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal conduct." "Rather than compete fairly, Intel used bribery and coercion to maintain a stranglehold on the market," Cuomo said in a statement. "Intel's actions not only unfairly restricted potential competitors, but also hurt average consumers who were robbed of better products and lower prices," he said. "These illegal tactics must stop and competition must be restored to this vital marketplace," Cuomo said. The statement said the suit charges that "Intel violated state and federal anti-monopoly ... Read Full Story

A Long Island lawyer whose fat state retirement checks raised questions about public pension system abuses has agreed to give New York a $240,565 refund. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that Lawrence Reich improperly got himself listed as a full-time employee at five different Long Island school districts. Cuomo says the lawyer was in private practice and only worked for the districts occasionally. Those job titles entitled him to a hefty pension. Reich's retirement pay eventually drew the scrutiny of Newsday reporters. After the newspaper wrote about the issue, the state began cracking down. Cuomo's office says it has recovered $2 million from ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York criminal court judge on Friday said Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's fraud charges against a central figure in the pension kickback case partly rested on a "novel" use of the state securities law. New York's 1920s securities law, called the Martin Act, gives the state attorney general broad powers over financial fraud. But Judge Lewis Bart Stone, in a courtroom conference with the prosecuting and defense attorneys, said that Henry Morris, who has been charged with taking millions of dollars of illegal fees, did not work for the state. Instead, Morris was the former state comptroller's top political ... Read Full Story