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Top Member of Carjacking Ring That Trafficked Luxury Cars to West Africa Sentenced to 14-Year Prison Term – “Operation Jacked” resulted in recovery of 160 stolen cars worth more than $8 million
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that an Essex County man was sentenced to a lengthy prison term today for his role as a top member of a major international carjacking and stolen car trafficking ring that stole high-end cars in New...
Gloucester County Man Who Had Over 76,000 Videos and Images of Child Pornography Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Porn on the Internet – Defendant was one of 40 men arrested in “Operation Statewide”
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a Gloucester County man who had over 76,000 videos and images of child pornography on his computer devices when he was arrested last year in “Operation Statewide” pleaded guilty today to...
US Postal Employee from Cape May County Charged with Stealing More than $75,000 in Federal Workers' Compensation Benefits after Vacation Photos Allegedly Show Him Zip Lining and Rappelling
TRENTON - Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that a U.S. Postal Service employee form Cape May County has been charged with stealing more than $75,000 in federal workers’ compensation...
New Jersey Joins Multi-State Call for Equifax to Disable Fee-Based Monitoring Services, Reimburse Fees for Security Freezes
TRENTON -- Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today that New Jersey has signed onto a multi-state letter calling on the credit reporting firm Equifax to disable web links for enrollment in its fee-based credit monitoring service in the wake of a massive...
Lawyer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Use Stolen Identities and Bogus Home Sales to Defraud Lender of Over $873,000
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a lawyer from Essex County was sentenced to state prison today for conspiring with others to steal approximately $873,520 from a lender by using stolen identities to file fraudulent mortgage loan...