Apr 25, 2025 | BMW | Bronx | Burlington County | Cadillac | Criminal Enterprise | DCJ | Division of Criminal Justice | East Windsor | Essex County | high-value vehicles | International Car Theft Ring | Jennings Street | Mercedes Benz | Mercer County | Middlesex County | Morris County | New York | Pompton Plains | Range Rover | Stolen vehicles | theft crews | Third Avenue | West Africa | Western and Southern African countries | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Tackling Auto Theft
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice announced charges against 11 people for their roles in an auto theft ring that allegedly targeted high-end vehicles, burglarized homes to get the key fobs needed to steal the cars, stored the vehicles in parking garages in the Bronx, New York, and eventually shipped them to Western and Southern African countries.
Apr 24, 2025 | Consumer Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that a state grand jury indicted a Middlesex County husband and wife for allegedly defrauding investors of more than $2 million through a fraud scheme that guaranteed high returns, but instead diverted funds for the couple’s personal benefit and provided fake returns to the victims.
Apr 14, 2025 | bookkeeper | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | exchange for a recommended sentence | failure to pay income taxes | fraudulent tax returns | gambling habit | Guilty Plea | Monmouth County | South Brunswick | stolen money | tax fraud | theft from employer | theft of movable property | West End Express Co. | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that a Monmouth County woman admitted to stealing approximately $4,000,000 from her employer and failing to pay taxes on the stolen money.
Apr 11, 2025 | backroom poker games | Basking Ridge | Belleville | Cedar Grove | criminal enterprises | criminal usury | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | Dover | East Hanover | Edgewater | Florham Park | Gambling | gambling machines | gambling offenses | Garfield | Haworth | illegal gambling proceeds | illegal online sportsbook | illegal poker games | Investigation | island heights | Lincoln Park | Lincroft | Little Falls | Longwood Florida | Lucchese Crime Family | Money Laundering | Montvale | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | North haledon | Paterson | Prospect Park councilman | Racketeering | Red Bank | Saddle Brook | shell corporations | Spring Lake | Totowa | Wayne | West Caldwell | West New York | Woodland Park | Division of Criminal Justice | New Jersey State Police | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced that 39 people – including a Prospect Park councilman and members of the Lucchese Crime Family – have been charged with racketeering, gambling offenses, money laundering, and other crimes, after law enforcement executed search warrants at 12 locations throughout North Jersey earlier this week.
Apr 8, 2025 | and misconduct by a corporate official | check fraud | Clementon | Computer Theft | conspiracy to commit money laundering | COVID-19 Fraud Crimes | East Orange | Economic Impact Disaster and Paycheck Protection loans | failure to pay tax | falsifying or tampering with records | filing a fraudulent tax return | Forgery | Indictment | Money Laundering | New Jersey; Irvington | Newark | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | Pitman | Sayreville | Tampering with public records or information | temporary Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) employee | Theft by Deception | U.S. Small Business Administration | Unemployment benefits | Voorhees | with theft by deception | Woodbridge | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
For Immediate Release: April 8, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Theresa L. Hilton, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Matthew ReillyOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Attorney General...
