Apr 2, 2024 | DCJ Worker Protection and Fair Labor Enforcement Unit | Division of Criminal Justice | Tampering with Public Records | The New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development (NJDOL) | Theft by Deception | theft of identity | U.S. Department of Labor's Office of the Inspector General | Unemployment Fraud | Defending our Workforce | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) today announced a multi-month initiative to investigate and prosecute unemployment fraud, which resulted in cases against 20 defendants, who allegedly stole over $1.1 million collectively from New Jersey’s unemployment insurance trust fund.
Mar 17, 2024 | Division of Criminal Justice | Mercer County Prosecutor's Office | New Jersey State Police | Trenton | Trenton Police Department | Combating Gun Violence | Division of Criminal Justice | New Jersey State Police | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey State Police, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Trenton Police Department today announced the arrest of a 26-year-old man suspected of three murders in Pennsylvania and two carjackings.
Feb 12, 2024 | Crash | Division of Criminal Justice | George Washington Bridge | New Jersey State Police | Range Rover | Division of Criminal Justice | New Jersey State Police | Press Release
For Immediate Release: February 12, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralNew Jersey State Police- Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, Superintendent For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Sgt. Charles MarchanPIO@njsp.govDan...
Feb 2, 2024 | Aviation Equipment | Division of Criminal Justice | Middlesex County | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecution | OSFFCP | Scamming | Somerset County | Union County | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release
Today Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the sentencings of five defendants from Somerset, Middlesex, and Union counties who orchestrated a $1.3 million online fraud scheme, tricking businesses across the U.S. and abroad into paying for aviation equipment that was never delivered.
Jan 18, 2024 | Burlington County | captive | commercial sex abuse or a minor | Conspiracy | criminal restraint | Division of Criminal Justice | engaging in prostitution with a minor | facilitating human trafficking | human trafficking | Indictment | Missing Persons and Human Trafficking Unit | New Jersey State Police | NJSP | NJSP Special Investigations Unit | Pennsylvania | promoting organized street crime | prostitution of a minor | sex trafficking | Sexual Assault | South Jersey Horel | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Human Trafficking | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) today announced that a state grand jury voted to file criminal charges against a suspect who was allegedly operating a human trafficking network in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
