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Lawyer Sentenced to Four Years in State Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Two Mortgage Lenders of $800,000
Michael Palmer, 57, of Clifton, N.J., who formerly had a law office on Hoover Avenue in Passaic, was sentenced to four years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Scott J. Moynihan in Union County. Palmer pleaded guilty on March 14 to a single second-degree charge...
New Jersey to Receive $1.66 Million from Settlement with Hyundai, Kia – Multi-State Settlement Resolves Allegations of Inflated Fuel Economy Claims
The overall $41.2 million settlement -- involving 33 states and the District of Columbia -- concludes a multi-state investigation into the business practices of Hyundai and Kia relative to fuel economy estimate adjustments for certain of their model year 2011, 2012...
Division on Civil Rights Files Complaint Against Preschool Chain for Expelling Three-Year-Old with Down Syndrome
Filed in Superior Court in Burlington County, the complaint alleges that Chesterbrook Academy in Moorestown discriminated on the basis of disability in 2015 when it expelled the girl – who the school chose to advance to an Intermediate class without the full...
New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners Temporarily Suspends License of Camden County Doctor Amid Allegations She Indiscriminately Prescribed Painkiller “Subsys,” to Patients, Including One That Died
Matalon, who maintains offices in Cherry Hill and Camden, agreed to the temporary license suspension on Friday, eight days after the State filed a Verified Complaint accusing her of professional misconduct and gross negligence in the indiscriminate prescription of...
Doctor Pleads Guilty to Concealing Over $3.6 Million in Income From His Medical Practice to Evade Taxes and Paying Kickbacks to Other Doctors for Referals to His Pain Management Clinics
Dr. Manoj Patharkar, 45, of South Amboy, N.J., pleaded guilty today before Superior Court Judge Michael A. Toto in Middlesex County to first-degree conspiracy, first-degree money laundering, seven counts of third-degree filing fraudulent tax returns, and three counts...