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Ramsey Man Admits Embezzling $516,000 From Ridgefield Park Security Firm Ramsey Man Admits Embezzling $516,000 From Ridgefield Park Security Firm
Ramsey Man Admits Embezzling $516,000 From Ridgefield Park Security Firm A Ramsey man who worked at a Ridgefield Park security systems firm told a federal judge that he and an accomplice diverted $516,000 of the company’s money to spend on themselves. Joseph Spaccavento, 41, was an accounts payable manager and assistant controller at the firm, which developed hardware and software for video surveillance, federal authorities said. His accomplice, Melissa Corso, coordinated the collection of customer payments and applied them to invoices, they said. For more than 5 ½ years, the two diverted customer payments to themselves, Spaccavento admitted during a videoconfe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Hoboken Publishing Company Exec From Union County Busted By FBI Admits Embezzling $48M Ex-Hoboken Publishing Company Exec From Union County Busted By FBI Admits Embezzling $48M
Ex-Hoboken Publishing Company Exec From Union County Busted By FBI Admits Embezzling $48M Caught by the FBI, a former Hoboken publication company executive who lives in Scotch Plains struck a plea deal with the government, admitting in federal court in Newark that he embezzled $48 million. In exchange for consideration at his sentencing, Nestor Charriez, 60, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to defrauding Harrison Scott Publications by embezzling the money for his personal use. Harrison Scott produces newsletters about real estate, hedge funds, commercial mortgages and other business-related topics. Charriez worked as a controller for the company for several yea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam
Park Ridge Dad, Upper Saddle River Son Sentenced To Federal Time For Mortgage Scam A Park Ridge man was sentenced Thursday to 27 months in federal prison and his Upper Saddle River son to home confinement for eight months for defrauding mortgage lenders out of more than $300,000. George Bussanich Sr., 60, and George Bussanich Jr., 39, used most of the money to buy high-end luxury vehicles, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Both men previously admitted in U.S. District Court in Newark that they used sham short sales of two properties -- one on Jefferson Avenue in Emerson, the other on Lillian Street in Park Ridge – to swindle mortgage lenders between 2009 and 2012. The …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds Charge Englewood Business Consultant In $4 Million Bank Loan Fraud Feds Charge Englewood Business Consultant In $4 Million Bank Loan Fraud
Feds Charge Englewood Business Consultant In $4 Million Bank Loan Fraud An Englewood business consultant directed employees to pose as applicants, list fake jobs and artificially boost income information as part of a widespread conspiracy to illegally secure more than $4 million in bank loans, federal authorities charged. As funding director for Cash Flow Partners, a business consulting firm in Saddle Brook, Jennie Frias, 36, had employees “pose as loan applicants when communicating with the victim banks,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday. Cash Flow published online ads and held seminars offering customers help in obtaining FDIC-insured bank loans, Car…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Thief Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers Thief Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers
Thief Gets 3 Years In Fed Pen For Swiping $500,000 From Michaels' Customers A California man received three years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in stealing information from 94,000 credit and debit cards used by customers at Michaels stores in New Jersey and then pulling nearly $500,000 from the victims' accounts. Angel Angulo, 28, Riverside, previously admitted that he and his co-conspirators replaced swipe terminals with imitations that they used to record the bank account numbers and PINs. They used the information to create bogus cards that were then used to withdraw money from hundreds of victims' accounts, he said. The crew replaced 88 terminals wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco