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Attorney General Porrino and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Urge Seniors to Beware of Phone Fraud Schemes, Provide Materials to Help Spot Scams
The Division offers brochures online to help consumers identify scams and avoid them. Its latest brochure, Fighting Phone Fraud, also gives information on the federal Do Not Call Registry and how to sign up, along with ways to block robocallers.The message of the...
Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Leading Elaborate Scheme to Steal Nearly $1 Million Through Identity Theft and Mortgage Fraud – Three defendants have pled guilty in investigation by NJ Attorney General`s Office, ICE Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Federal Housing Finance Agency OIG
Artis Hunter, 50, of Union Township, N.J., the alleged ringleader, was sentenced today to 10 years in state prison, including 40 months of parole ineligibility, by Superior Court Judge Benjamin S. Bucca Jr., in Middlesex County. He pleaded guilty on May 8 to a charge...
Former Police Officer Who Stole $105,000 from PBA Local in Cape May Pleads Guilty to Theft Charge
John Campbell, 48, of Cape May, a retired Cape May police officer, pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree theft by unlawful taking before Superior Court Judge John C. Porto in Cape May County. In pleading guilty, he admitted that he stole tens of thousands of...
License of Registered Nurse Temporarily Suspended Following His Arrest on Charges of Sexual Assault, Lewdness at Hospital
Wilber Hernandez, a 29-year-old Perth Amboy resident, was arrested by the New Brunswick Police Department and Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office on July 13, 2017, and charged with one count of sexual assault-force/coercion, no personal injury; two counts of...
Attorney General Porrino Announces Multi-State Settlement With Nationwide Insurance over Consumer Data Breach
The multi-state settlement, which also includes Nationwide subsidiary Allied Property and Casualty Insurance Company, flows from an investigation by the participating states into a 2012 data breach that resulted in the loss of social security numbers, driver’s...