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Scammer Sunk By Car Full Of Fools Gold In Hadley Headed To Prison Then Deportation Scammer Sunk By Car Full Of Fools Gold In Hadley Headed To Prison Then Deportation
Scammer Sunk By Car Full Of Fools Gold In Hadley Headed To Prison Then Deportation A New Jersey scammer whose eyes were bigger than his brain when he tried to rob an Athol woman of more than $300,000 was sentenced on Wednesday, May 24, to a year in prison, after which he'll be deported, authorities said.  Gaurang Contractor, 38, a citizen of India living in Jersey City, NJ, tried to trick a Central Massachusetts woman into believing he was a DEA agent and she needed to convert her life savings into gold and give it to him for safekeeping, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Contractor contacted the woman in August 2022 using the alias of "Oscar White," a Dr…

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by Josh Lanier
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New England Duo Accused Of Using Fraud Scheme To Pay Personal Expenses New England Duo Accused Of Using Fraud Scheme To Pay Personal Expenses
New England Duo Accused Of Using Fraud Scheme To Pay Personal Expenses Two men have been charged in separate criminal complaints with conspiracy and fraud offenses stemming from their alleged involvement in construction project fraud schemes. New Haven County resident Don Richards, age 53, of Milford, and William Sacco, age 48, of Pelham, New Hampshire, were arrested in connection with the case, said Leonard C Boyle, Acting US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Both men were described in a criminal complaint as senior project managers at a Massachusetts mechanical contracting company during the time of the scheme.  From June 2014 through Dece…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Ex-Police Chief In Connecticut Sentenced For Rigging Exam Ex-Police Chief In Connecticut Sentenced For Rigging Exam
Ex-Police Chief In Connecticut Sentenced For Rigging Exam A former Fairfield County police chief arrested last year for rigging a police chief's exam has been sentenced. Bridgeport's former police chief AJ Perez was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison on Monday, April 12. “I hold no malice to anyone, I did this to myself, I panicked,” Perez told U.S. District Judge Kari Dooley during his sentencing hearing. Perez, 65, was accused along with his former personnel director David Dunn of rigging the police chief's exam so Perez would secure the job in 2018. In addition to a year and a day in prison, the judge ordered Perez to serve four yea…

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by Kathy Reakes