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Bergen County Man Charged with Attempting to Collect a Payout on a $500,000 Life Insurance Policy He Had Fraudulently Obtained in the Name of a Stranger
Donald Blake, 45, of Maywood, was indicted on second-degree attempted theft by deception and third-degree counts of conspiracy and insurance fraud in the alleged scam that began with the death of a man who apparently died in his sleep at a home in Elizabeth in...
New York Couple Indicted on Charges That They Fraudulently Purchased Three Homes in New Jersey Using Bad Checks
Tara Stokes, 48, of Flushing, N.Y., and Lawrence T. Humphrey, 48, of Brooklyn, N.Y., were indicted by a state grand jury on Friday, Dec. 9, on second-degree charges of conspiracy, three counts of theft by deception, and three counts of passing bad checks. The charges...
Fourth Defendant Pleads Guilty and Faces Prison Sentence in Armed Robbery of Caesars Casino in Atlantic City in July 2014
Aaron Evans, 26, of Atlantic City, pleaded guilty today to a second-degree theft charge before Superior Court Judge Bernard E. DeLury Jr. in Atlantic County. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that he be sentenced to eight years in prison. He is...
New Jersey Board of Nursing Revokes Licenses of Three Nurses, Suspends a Fourth, for Lying About Having Nursing Degrees or Making Other False Statements to Obtain Licensing – All Four Nurses Claimed to Be Graduates of a Defunct Ohio Nursing School Shut Down Amid Allegations of Educational Deficiencies
The actions are the result of an investigation into licensees who claimed to be graduates of Ohio American Health Care (“OAHC”), a now-defunct Ohio nursing school closed down for numerous violations of the state’s rules governing nurse education...
Former Head Track Coach at Essex County College Pleads Guilty to Stealing $150,000 from the College
TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that the former head track and field coach for Essex County College pleaded guilty today to stealing $150,000 by fraudulently taking advances for travel and event expenses and depositing them into his...