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Accountant Busted Boarding Plane At Newark Airport Admits Stealing $3.5M From Clients: Feds Accountant Busted Boarding Plane At Newark Airport Admits Stealing $3.5M From Clients: Feds
Accountant Busted Boarding Plane At Newark Airport Admits Stealing $3.5M From Clients: Feds A Massachusetts money manager who police arrested last month at Newark International Airport trying to escape prosecution admitted to stealing $3.5 million from his clients, including the entire life savings of an elderly couple, federal authorities said.  Steven Xigoros, 55, pleaded guilty in a Boston court this week to two counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of filing a false tax return, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Xigoros worked as an accountant, tax preparer, and investment advisor who federal investigators said used th…

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by Josh Lanier
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MANHUNT: Driver Asks For Directions, Exposes Himself, Elderly Englewood Woman Tells Police MANHUNT: Driver Asks For Directions, Exposes Himself, Elderly Englewood Woman Tells Police
Manhunt: Driver Asks For Directions, Exposes Himself, Elderly Englewood Woman Tells Police SEE ANYTHING? Englewood police were searching for a driver who an elderly resident said exposed himself after luring her toward his car. The woman told them she was out for a walk on Brayton Street near Palisade Avenue late Friday afternoon, Sept. 2, when the driver of an older model white sedan called her over, asking for directions, Capt. Matthew de la Rosa said. She described him as Hispanic and between 20 and 30 years old, the captain said. "He asked her to come closer and when she did he exposed himself," de la Rosa said. ANYONE who might have seen something or has surveillance vide…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery Of Elderly Woman In Newark Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery Of Elderly Woman In Newark
Suspect At Large After Armed Robbery Of Elderly Woman In Newark A suspect is at large following the armed robbery of an elderly woman in Newark. The man demanded the purse of a 73-year-old woman at gunpoint in the area of Elm Street and Pulaski Street around 2:40 p.m. Friday, according to Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara. After stealing the woman's purse and hiding it under his red hoodie, the man dragged her to the ground, O'Hara said. He then fled, running eastbound on Elm Street, authorities said. The purse contained $400 in cash as well as the woman's personal belongings, according to investigators. The man is described as being…

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by Nicole Acosta
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NJ: Financial Advisor Siphoned $1 Million From 98-Year-Old Widow's Account NJ: Financial Advisor Siphoned $1 Million From 98-Year-Old Widow's Account
NJ: Financial Advisor Siphoned $1 Million From 98-Year-Old Widow's Account A financial adviser from Mahwah pocketed nearly $700,000 and diverted another $300,000 or so of a 98-year-old widow’s money, said state authorities who stripped him of his ability to operate any longer in New Jersey. John Joseph Cahill, 71, used the woman’s bank account to write and cash $693,990 worth of checks, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Cahill also used the account to pay his daughter, his wife, and various others more than $300,000 to provide unexplained services to the woman, the attorney general said. Cahill had been granted power of attorney for the victim,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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AGAIN? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say AGAIN? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say
Again? Released Elder Fraud Artist Victimizes Another Lyndhurst Senior, 91, Police Say Between bail reform and COVID-related limits on jail admissions, Lyndhurst police reluctantly released a borough woman who they said ripped off an elderly resident. Sure enough, she went out and did it again, they said. The first time, they said, Melissa Kaups befriended a 78-year-old woman who didn’t know that she had a drug-related criminal history stretching back more than 20 years. Police arrested Kaups last week after she stole two sterling silver necklaces from the victim’s bedroom dresser, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. She was processed and released on theft charges pending fur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk
Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk A 73-year-old woman was hospitalized after being dragged down the sidewalk in Bayonne by a man who stole her purse and fled, police said. The woman was checking her mailbox on her porch at 52nd Street and Avenue B, when the unknown man approached her from behind and demanded her purse around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The man attempted to forcibly take the woman's purse, dragging her down her front steps in the process, Amato said. He dragged her a short distance across the sidewalk before taking her purse and fleeing, police said. The woman was taken t…

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by Cecilia Levine