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Three Indicted on 1st Degree Conspiracy and Money Laundering Charges for Allegedly Stealing More Than $700,000 in Counterfeit Check Scheme
The Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau obtained a seven-count state grand jury indictment charging the following defendants with first-degree conspiracy, two counts of first-degree money laundering, second-degree theft by deception, and third-degree...
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Cites 19 Unlicensed Movers Following Undercover Sting Operation -Partnership with ICE Results in Several Arrests – Including Moving Company Worker with Prior Conviction for Sexual Abuse of a Minor
Under the Division’s partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the sting also resulted in the arrest of several moving company employees o allegedly were in the United States in violation of law. – including one who had previous...
Man Charged With Stealing $243,000 by Fraudulently Collecting His Father’s Social Security Benefits for 29 Years After the Father Died – Father accrued benefits under a false name, so those benefits continued after he died
Nicholas A. Severino Jr., 62, of Paulsboro, was indicted today by a state grand jury on a charge of second-degree theft. The charge is the result of an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Social...
Gloucester County Woman Indicted for Stealing Elderly Cousin’s Nursing Home Fund to Buy Approximately $214,000 Worth of Lottery Tickets
Doris Litle, of Deptford, was charged by the state grand jury with second-degree theft by deception and third-degree Medicaid fraud. OIFP is alleging that Litle’s theft completely depleted her relative’s bank account, leaving the cousin, now 93 years old,...
Ringleader and Three Other Men Plead Guilty in Scheme to Steal More Than $180,000 from the State by Filing False Unemployment Claims
Stephen Pirrone, 54, of Paramus (formerly of Old Tappan and Norwood, N.J.), pleaded guilty today to second-degree charges of conspiracy and theft by deception before Superior Court Judge James J. Guida in Bergen County. Under the plea agreement, the state will...