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Egg Harbor Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Distributing Thousands of Images and Videos of Child Pornography Via Email – Arrested in investigation by ICE Homeland Security Investigations and Attorney General’s Office
Thomas L. Bowen Ballard, 38, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., was sentenced to seven years in state prison, including 3 ½ years of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge Michael J. Blee in Atlantic County. He will be required to register as a sex offender...
New Jersey Joins Multi-State Settlement Addressing Complaints Against MoneyGram Linked to Fraud-Induced Wire Transfers
Under the settlement, MoneyGram has agreed to maintain -- and continue to improve -- a comprehensive and robust anti-fraud program designed to help detect bogus solicitations and prevent financial loss as a result of fraud-induced wire transfers.The Dallas-based...
Camden County Man Convicted at Trial of Distributing Child Pornography on the Internet Using File-Sharing Software
Gerald D. Laphan, 28, of Mount Ephraim, N.J., was found guilty by a Camden County jury of charges of second-degree distribution of child pornography, second-degree offering of child pornography and fourth-degree possession of child pornography. The verdict followed a...
Authorities Arrest Central Figure in Alleged Credit Card Fraud Scheme in Which Millions of Dollars Were Stolen from Banks – Twelve others charged in December in joint federal and state probe of credit card “bust out” scheme
Mohammad Shahid Zaman, 42, of Staten Island, N.Y., was picked up this morning in New York by detectives of the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) and agents of the ICE Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Social...
North Jersey Neurologist Charged with Billing Insurance Carriers for Medical Procedures He Didn’t Perform
Gautam Sehgal, a neurologist with practices in Newark, Perth Amboy, Clifton, Elizabeth, South Orange and Paterson, was charged by a state grand jury with seven counts of health care claims fraud in the second degree for allegedly filing fraudulent bills to insurance...