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'Altared' State: NJ Sisters Admit Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US 'Altared' State: NJ Sisters Admit Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US
'Altared' State: NJ Sisters Admit Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US UPDATE: Two sisters from Newark admitted obtaining phony marriage licenses and staging bogus wedding ceremonies, receptions and other events in an elaborate scheme to help undocumented non-citizens avoid deportation, federal authorities said. Regina Johnson, 59, and her sister, Andrea Torres, ran the sham scam for nearly three years, recruiting and paying U.S. citizens to pose as spouses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Their clients: non-citizens looking to remain in the country despite the lack of legal status or proper documentation. As part of the fraud, the sisters "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Black Tie Optional: NJ Sisters Charged With Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US Black Tie Optional: NJ Sisters Charged With Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US
Black Tie Optional: NJ Sisters Charged With Staging Sham Marriages To Keep Non-Citizens In US Two New Jersey sisters were charged by federal authorities with obtaining phony marriage licenses and staging bogus wedding ceremonies, receptions and other events in an elaborate scheme to help undocumented non-citizens avoid deportation. Andrea Torres, 55, and Regina Johnson, 57, recruited and paid American citizens to participate in the fraud by posing as spouses, an indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark alleges. The Newark sisters went so far as pushing clients to take photos in a variety of locations in different clothing to make it appear that they were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Bergen Man Used Dead Brother's Identity To Get COVID Relief Loan Feds: Bergen Man Used Dead Brother's Identity To Get COVID Relief Loan
Feds: Bergen Man Used Dead Brother's Identity To Get COVID Relief Loan A Bergen County man stole his dead brother’s identity to get a $150,000 COVID economic disaster loan, said federal authorities who arrested him Thursday. Nathanael Zimmerman, 40, of Wyckoff also orchestrated a mortgage fraud scheme among applicants for Federal Housing Administration-FHA insured loans, submitting bogus bank statements and collecting a portion of the proceeds, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. The loans defaulted and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development lost more than $300,000, she said. Last year, Zimmerman used his deceased brother’s personal iden…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Costumed Ex-Con Who Sprayed Elizabeth Street With Gunfire Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen Costumed Ex-Con Who Sprayed Elizabeth Street With Gunfire Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen
Costumed Ex-Con Who Sprayed Elizabeth Street With Gunfire Gets 10 Years In Fed Pen An ex-con who opened fire on an Elizabeth street while wearing a disguise was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison. Because there’s no parole in the federal prison system, city resident Jarrell L. Daniels, 29, must serve just about all of the sentence handed down in U.S. District Court in Newark. Daniels was wearing a costume and latex gloves when he walked down Irvington Avenue on April 9, 2018 carrying a .45-caliber semi-automatic Masterpiece Arms ACP with 30 additional rounds of ammunition in an extended magazine, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Coming upon his i…

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by Jerry DeMarco