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Bergen-Based 15-Year Fugitive Takes Plea Bergen-Based 15-Year Fugitive Takes Plea
Bergen-Based 15-Year Fugitive Takes Plea EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A Middle Eastern organized crime figure captured by the FBI after a 15-year international manhunt admitted Tuesday that he conned New Jersey mom-and-pop stores out of computer equipment as part of an East Rutherford-based criminal enterprise. Some of the small business owners were wiped out by the group of thieves that included Steven “Fouad" Nacim, 49, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Newark who fled to his native Morocco in 2002 to avoid prosecution. Nacim, who'd been under house arrest with GPS location monitoring, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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16 Years Later: FBI Nabs Bergen-Based Fugitive In $2.8 Million Scam 16 Years Later: FBI Nabs Bergen-Based Fugitive In $2.8 Million Scam
16 Years Later: FBI Nabs Bergen-Based Fugitive In $2.8 Million Scam EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- After a 16-year international manhunt, the FBI nabbed a Middle Eastern organized crime figure who conned New Jersey mom-and-pop stores out of computer equipment as part of an East Rutherford-based criminal enterprise that gathered $2.8 million in illegal profits, authorities said Friday. Some of the small business owners were wiped out by the group of thieves that included Steven Nacim, 50, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in Newark who fled to his native Morocco in 2002 to avoid prosecution for his crimes, federal authorities said. A federal judge in Newark on Fri…

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by Jerry DeMarco