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New Jersey Bureau of Securities Marks “World Elder Abuse Awareness Day” With Tips for Keeping Senior Citizens Safe from Financial Exploitation
From simple phone scams to complex investment fraud, one in five Americans over 65 has been financially exploited, and even the most conservative estimates fix the annual cost of elder fraud at more than $2.6 billion. “New Jersey senior citizens are not immune...
Man Indicted on Charges That He Solicited Underage Girls – Including an Autistic Girl – to Send Him Sexually Explicit Photos of Themselves
Thomas A. Pirretti, 33, of Flemington, allegedly met the autistic victim, a 16-year-old California resident, on the Nintendo Network in October 2014. After obtaining her phone number, Pirretti allegedly called the girl repeatedly and solicited her to send him sexually...
Acting Attorney General, Division on Civil Rights Announce Filing of Superior Court Complaint Against Taxi Company – Deaf Woman Allegedly Ignored, Asked to Stop Calling While Seeking Cab in Snow
The two-count Complaint against Clifton Taxi and Limousine, Inc. alleges multiple violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), including unlawful denial of service on the basis of disability, and failure to provide a reasonable accommodation for a...
New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners Obtains Temporary License Suspension Against Passaic County Doctor Accused of Sexual Misconduct Against Female Patients and Staff Members
Dr. Alex Sarkodie, who owns a private practice in Paterson, agreed to the temporary license suspension shortly after the Attorney General filed a Complaint with the Board of Medical Examiners (“BME”), alleging the doctor had engaged in gross or repeated...
Second Top Birdsall Executive Sentenced to Prison for Participating in Scheme to Use Employees to Make Illegal Political Contributions
TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy announced that the former executive vice president of Birdsall Services Group (BSG) was sentenced to state prison today for his role in a criminal scheme in which more than $1 million in corporate political...