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Indictment Charges Lawyer and 11 Others With Conspiring to Steal Nearly $1 Million in Mortgage Fraud Scheme and Launder Proceeds
The lawyer, Andrys Sofia Gomez, 47, of Chatham, who formerly had offices in West New York and Union City, allegedly played a central role in the conspiracy, in which she and her alleged co-conspirators filed fraudulent mortgage applications, falsified HUD settlement...
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Files Consumer Fraud Action Against Newark Organization that Allegedly Misled Charitable Donors, Transferred Contributions to For-Profit Business
The Division of Law, acting on behalf of the Division of Consumer Affairs, has filed a Complaint against NJYC, alleging that it violated the Charitable Registration and Investigation Act and regulations, as well as the Consumer Fraud Act, by soliciting for...
Former Home Health Aide Admits to Falsely Billing Medicaid 178 Times
Naum Lavnevich, 57, of Oakland, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree health care claims fraud before Bergen County Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian. As part of the plea agreement, the State recommended that he serve three years in state prison and pay...
Two Men Sentenced to State Prison on Charges Related to Seizure of 21 Kilograms of Cocaine by New Jersey State Police
The following two men were sentenced today by Superior Court Judge Mitzy Galis-Menendez in Hudson County:Jorge Avalos, 45, of Edinburg, Texas, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, including three years of parole ineligibility. He pleaded guilty on April 27 to...
Leader of Major Heroin Ring in Camden Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Racketeering in “Operation Billboard” – Faces lengthy prison sentence in investigation led by New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice
Michael “Bute” Rivera, 31, of Camden, pleaded guilty today to first-degree racketeering before Superior Court Judge John T. Kelley in Camden County. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that Rivera be sentenced to 16 years in state prison, of...