Apr 8, 2025 | and misconduct by a corporate official | check fraud | Clementon | Computer Theft | conspiracy to commit money laundering | COVID-19 Fraud Crimes | East Orange | Economic Impact Disaster and Paycheck Protection loans | failure to pay tax | falsifying or tampering with records | filing a fraudulent tax return | Forgery | Indictment | Money Laundering | New Jersey; Irvington | Newark | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | Pitman | Sayreville | Tampering with public records or information | temporary Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) employee | Theft by Deception | U.S. Small Business Administration | Unemployment benefits | Voorhees | with theft by deception | Woodbridge | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
For Immediate Release: April 8, 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...
May 8, 2024 | Chief Financial Officer | credit card scheme | Embezzlement | failure to pay taxes | McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP | New Jersey Division of Taxation-Office of Criminal Investigations | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Tax Evasion | Theft by Deception | Westfield | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) today announced that a former Chief Financial Officer of a national law firm based in New Jersey, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1.5 million from the firm and evading payment of income tax owed to the State of New Jersey.
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 22, 2024 | Conspiracy | Corruption Bureau | falsifying or tampering with records | Indictment | misapplication of government property | Official Misconduct | Tampering with Public Records | Theft by Deception | Traumatic Brain Injury Fund | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that a state grand jury has indicted six women and two companies who were allegedly engaged in a decade-long conspiracy to defraud the taxpayer-funded New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (TBI Fund) of over $700,000.
Jun 30, 2023 | A-1 Elegant Tours Inc | American Star Transportation LLC | CDL | Essex County | Indictment | New Jersey State Police Official Corruption Bureau – North Unit | OPIA | Paterson | School Bus Company | second-degree theft | Superior Court | Theft by Deception | Unqualified Drivers | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: June 30, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov...
