Oct 3, 2024 | Abuse of Two Minors | aggravated criminal sexual contact | attempted aggravated sexual assault | Caseworker | Division of Child Protection and Permanency | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | endangering the welfare of children by impairing or debauching the morals of a child | Georgia | Homeland Security Investigations | Indictment | luring | New Jersey | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | Newark | NJSP Internet Crimes Against Children Unit | Official Misconduct | Savannah | Sexual Assault | sexual assault (2nd degree) | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced the indictment of an ex-caseworker for the New Jersey Department of Children and Family Services’ Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), for his alleged sexual abuse of two children.
Jul 29, 2024 | Division of Criminal Justice | Fuel Investment Fraud Scheme | Indictment | laundering funds | LLC (“Petro Traders”) | LLC (“Prime Petroleum”) | Middlesex County | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions (OSFFCP) | Old Bridge | Petro Traders Group | Prime Petroleum | Woodbridge | Consumer Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
For Immediate Release: July 30, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- J. Stephen Ferketic, DirectorOffice of Securities Fraudand Financial Crimes Prosecutions- Pablo Quiñones, Legal Chief For Further...
Jun 20, 2024 | Attorney General 2024-3 | Attorney General Directive 2024-3 | bloodspot | DCJ | Division of Criminal Justice | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that he has issued a Directive to law enforcement executives and county prosecutors establishing new limits on attempts to obtain newborn “bloodspot” information in connection with criminal investigations.
Jun 14, 2024 | Alzheimer Care Facility | bodily injury | Camden Counties | Elder Abuse Cases | Indictment | Long-Term Care Facilities | Medicaid Fraud Control Unit | MFCU | Ocean County | physical harm | State Grand Jury | Toms River | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) | Division of Criminal Justice | Elder Abuse | Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced three long-term care facility workers are facing pending criminal charges stemming from alleged mistreatment of people in their care.
May 8, 2024 | Chief Financial Officer | credit card scheme | Embezzlement | failure to pay taxes | McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP | New Jersey Division of Taxation-Office of Criminal Investigations | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Tax Evasion | Theft by Deception | Westfield | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) today announced that a former Chief Financial Officer of a national law firm based in New Jersey, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1.5 million from the firm and evading payment of income tax owed to the State of New Jersey.
Apr 22, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
A Somerset County, New Jersey, man has been charged with a federal hate crime for breaking into the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and destroying property, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger for the District of New Jersey, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and New Jersey State Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced.
