Press Releases : Union County

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge Officer in Connection with Fatality in Newark’s West Side Park on August 29, 2023

A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a Newark, New Jersey, man in a park in Newark during an encounter with city police and members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force.

AG Platkin Announces Over $6M Seized Under Judgment by Consent After Death of CEO in Medicaid Fraud Scheme

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that the State has seized approximately $6.4 million under a final judgment by consent, resolving a case against a now-deceased defendant whose chain of mental health clinics engaged in an elaborate bogus-billing scheme that defrauded Medicaid.

AG: Five Defendants Sentenced After Fraudulently Advertising Aviation Equipment for Sale Online and Scamming Businesses Out of $1.3M

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.

Attorney General Platkin, Union County Leaders Announce Expansion of ARRIVE Together Alternative Response Program

Announcement includes countywide expansion of ARRIVE and key partnership with Kean University For Immediate Release: November 9, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Alternative and Community Responses– Tiffany Wilson,...

AG Platkin Announces Enforcement Actions in Eight Source-of-Income Discrimination Cases

New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination Bars Landlords from Discriminating Against Potential Tenants Based on Their Receipt of Government Rental Assistance.

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