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New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Settles Action Against Middlesex County Company That Marketed “Survival Shelters”
The state’s seven-count complaint, filed in March 2015 in Middlesex County Superior Court, alleged that Titan Shelters and Demola violated the Consumer Fraud Act, the Home Improvement Contractors’ Registration Act, the Contractor Registration Regulations,...
State to Receive $2.7 Million from Settlement with Drug Maker Over Alleged False Labeling of Multivitamins with Fluoride
Under terms of the settlement, Alabama-based Qualitest will pay 47 participating states and the federal government a total of $39 million to resolve the unlawful mislabeling allegations.Qualitest was the subject of a qui tam or “whistleblower” lawsuit...
Ringleader Pleads Guilty and Faces Lengthy Prison Sentence for Stealing $620,000 in Counterfeit Check Scheme – Two co-defendants previously pleaded guilty and face state prison sentences
The ringleader, Harold Stephens, 32, of Elizabeth, pleaded guilty today to second-degree charges of theft by deception and money laundering before Superior Court Judge Michael Toto in Middlesex County. The state will recommend that Stephens be sentenced to 11 years in...
Cumberland County Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Distributing Child Pornography on the Internet – Charged by Attorney General and ICE Homeland Security Investigations in Operation Predator Alert
Jeffrey Mander, 27, of Bridgeton, N.J., was sentenced to six years in state prison, including three years of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge Robert G. Malestein in Cumberland County. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 28 to second-degree distribution of child...
Beware of Thieves Looking to Turn Your Warm Car into a Hot One – State Police and Division of Highway Traffic Safety Offer Tips to Avoid “Puffer Theft” and Other Winter Woes
Known among thieves as “puffers,” these idling autos are easy to spot by their puffing exhaust fumes and even easier to steal.“All a thief has to do is hop in and drive away. It’s even warmed up for them,” said Colonel Rick Fuentes,...