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Top Member of Ring That Supplied Large Amounts of Heroin in Paterson Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Charge of Operating Heroin Mill – Four co-defendants also pleaded guilty and face state prison sentences
Marino Pimentel-Tejada, 35, of Paterson, N.J., pleaded guilty today to a first-degree charge of maintaining a heroin production facility before Superior Court Judge Marilyn C. Clark in Passaic County. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that he be...
Former State Assemblyman Schroeder Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Nearly $1.9 Million from Lenders and Writing $3.4 Million in Bad Checks
TRENTON – Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that former New Jersey Assemblyman Robert Schroeder (R-Bergen) was sentenced to prison today for stealing nearly $1.9 million from individuals who loaned him money for a business venture in North Dakota...
Company that Handled Interpretation, Translation Work for State`s Child Protection Agency Settles Fraud Allegations – N.J. to Receive $400,000 from Multi-State, Federal Settlement
Based in Barrington, Camden County, Para-Plus handled interpretation, translation and transcription services for the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF). The company was accused in a federal whistleblower suit of defrauding DCF, state government...
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Federal Trade Commission Reach $2.5 Million Settlement with Smart TV Manufacturer to Settle Allegations of Invasive Data Collection
The settlement ends parallel investigations conducted by the Division and the FTC into the use of data-collecting technology installed on VIZIO’s “Smart TVs.” The State obtained $1 million and the FTC obtained $1.5 million in the settlement.In a...
Former Lakewood Electrical Code Inspector Sentenced to State Prison for Accepting Bribes from Contractors
Mitchell B. Perkins, 68, of Stafford Township, N.J., was sentenced to three years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Wendel E. Daniels in Ocean County. Perkins pleaded guilty on Dec. 5 to second-degree conspiracy to commit bribery. As a result of the guilty plea,...