Press Releases : Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ)

Monmouth County Woman Admits Theft of $4 Million from Employer, Tax Fraud

Apr 14, 2025 | bookkeeper | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | exchange for a recommended sentence | failure to pay income taxes | fraudulent tax returns | gambling habit | Guilty Plea | Monmouth County | South Brunswick | stolen money | tax fraud | theft from employer | theft of movable property | West End Express Co. | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that a Monmouth County woman admitted to stealing approximately $4,000,000 from her employer and failing to pay taxes on the stolen money.

AG Platkin Announces Charges Against 39 Defendants – Including Members and Associates of the Lucchese Crime Family – for Racketeering, Gambling, Money Laundering, and Other Offenses

Apr 11, 2025 | backroom poker games | Basking Ridge | Belleville | Cedar Grove | criminal enterprises | criminal usury | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | Dover | East Hanover | Edgewater | Florham Park | Gambling | gambling machines | gambling offenses | Garfield | Haworth | illegal gambling proceeds | illegal online sportsbook | illegal poker games | Investigation | island heights | Lincoln Park | Lincroft | Little Falls | Longwood Florida | Lucchese Crime Family | Money Laundering | Montvale | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | North haledon | Paterson | Prospect Park councilman | Racketeering | Red Bank | Saddle Brook | shell corporations | Spring Lake | Totowa | Wayne | West Caldwell | West New York | Woodland Park | Division of Criminal Justice | New Jersey State Police | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced that 39 people – including a Prospect Park councilman and members of the Lucchese Crime Family – have been charged with racketeering, gambling offenses, money laundering, and other crimes, after law enforcement executed search warrants at 12 locations throughout North Jersey earlier this week.

Attorney General Platkin Announces Recent Arrests Related to Child Sexual Abuse Materials

Mar 27, 2025 | arrests | Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office | attempted aggravated sexual assault | Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office | Bordentown | Brooklyn | Burlington County | Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office | Camden County Prosecutor's Office | Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office | Chester Pennsylvania | Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) | Clifton | County Prosecutors’ Offices | Cream Ridge | Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office | DCJ Cyber Crimes Bureau | Department of Homeland Security Investigations | distribution and manufacturing of CSAM | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | endangering the welfare of children | enhanced collaboration between local state and federal law enforcement agencies | Essex County Prosecutor’s Office | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office | Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office | human trafficking | Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office | luring | Manasquan | Megan's Law | Mercer County Prosecutor's Office | Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office | Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office | Morris County Prosecutor’s Office | New Egypt | New Jersey ICAC Task Force | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | New Jersey State Police New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice | Newark | No Early Release Act | Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office | Parole Supervision | Passaic County Sheriff's Office | Phillipsburg | Possession | possession of CSAM | possession of hollow-point bullets | predatory activity online | residential search warrant | Salem County Prosecutor’s Office | sexually assaulting a child | Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office | St. Petersburg Florida | State Prison | Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office | undercover officer | Union Beach | Union County Prosecutor's Office | unlawful possession of a handgun | Warren County Prosecutor's Office | Williamstown | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | New Jersey State Police | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) announced the arrests of two individuals charged with Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) related offenses this week.

Atlantic County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Providing Illegal Drugs That Led to Deaths of Two Teenagers

Mar 13, 2025 | Atlantic County man | Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office | BaldysRUS | controlled dangerous substances (CDS) | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | drug-induced death | fatal overdoses | fentanyl | juveniles | methamphetamine | No Early Release Act (N.E.R.A.) | Pennsylvania State Police | Percocet | prison | Sentencing | strict-liability statute | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that an Atlantic County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in providing fentanyl that resulted in two juveniles fatally overdosing on the drug.

Ocean County Man Charged with Human Trafficking in Attempt to Lure Underage Girls for Sex

Feb 28, 2025 | attempting to debauch the morals of a child | attempting to engage in sex with a child who was less than 13 years old | attempting to lure young children | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | human trafficking | Lanoka Harbor | New Jersey State Police | Ocean County man | predatory online behavior | Sexual Activity | The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims

For Immediate Release: February 28, 2025 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Criminal Justice- Theresa L. Hilton, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Matthew ReillyOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Attorney General...

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