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Pharm Company's Payroll Manager Wrote $900K In Checks To Herself, Family: Union Prosecutor Pharm Company's Payroll Manager Wrote $900K In Checks To Herself, Family: Union Prosecutor
Pharm Company's Payroll Manager Wrote $900K In Checks To Herself, Family: Union Prosecutor A Union County payroll manager for a local pharmaceutical wrote herself and her family more than $900,000 of checks from company finances over the course of five years, authorities said. Jennifer Grambor, 50, of Fanwood, became the center of an investigation in August 2021, when the company reported the alleged theft to the Union County Prosecutor's Office, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel said. The criminal complaint comes as a result of a year-long investigation led by Detective Alex Lopez of the Union County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Prosecutions Unit, ultimately chargi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former Bergen Man Gets Federal Prison Time For Assisting Massage Parlor Prostitution Former Bergen Man Gets Federal Prison Time For Assisting Massage Parlor Prostitution
Former Bergen Man Gets Federal Prison Time For Assisting Massage Parlor Prostitution A former Bergen County resident must spend nearly three years in federal prison for producing bogus training certificates for massage parlors that sold sex. Naresh Rane, 68, gave 10 of those certificates to a former local councilman who was later found dead of suicide along with his wife, authorities said. Rane, formerly of Closter, owned and operated the now-defunct Axiom Healthcare Academy on Kennedy Boulevard in North Bergen, which touted itself as a provider of massage therapy training. Anyone who didn't want to go through the training could pay Rane anywhere from $1,000 to $2,600 for …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave
Port Authority Officer Charged With Filing Bogus Medical Reports To Collect Paid Leave A 13-year Port Authority police veteran illegally milked a paid medical leave by submitting bogus records, authorities charged. Marie Paz, 43, was charged with two counts of forgery before being released pending a May 13 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Paz, of Woodhaven, Queens, "submitted falsified medical records to her employer to receive additional paid medical leave," Suarez said on Friday, April 29. The prosecutor credited her office's Public Integrity Unit and the Port Authority of New York and New Je…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Who Modified Pickup To Hold More Fuel Arrested For Bogus Gas Purchases: NYSP NJ Man Who Modified Pickup To Hold More Fuel Arrested For Bogus Gas Purchases: NYSP
NJ Man Who Modified Pickup To Hold More Fuel Arrested For Bogus Gas Purchases: Nysp A 38-year-old North Jersey man who modified his truck to hold a significant amount of fuel was arrested for using a New York State Fleet Fuel Card to make bogus gas purchases, authorities said. Angel Alvarez-Michel, of Belleville, became the subject of an investigation on Sunday, April 24, after using the card to buy gas at Rockland County gas stations, New York State Police said. He was seen 2008 Ford F-350 with a temporary registration, State Police said. Alvarez-Michel was arrested during a traffic stop on State Route 17 in the Orange County town of Chester, police said. …

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by Nicole Valinote
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3 Charged With Money Laundering For Manufacturing Counterfeit Cash In Morris County, Police Say 3 Charged With Money Laundering For Manufacturing Counterfeit Cash In Morris County, Police Say
3 Charged With Money Laundering For Manufacturing Counterfeit Cash In Morris County, Police Say Three people were charged with money laundering and similar offenses after they were caught manufacturing counterfeit cash in Morris County, authorities said. The suspects — whose names were not released — were stopped by Roxbury Township Police for acting suspiciously on Friday, April 15, the department said. A follow-up investigation was launched after the suspects told officers conflicting stories, police said. Additional officers arrived at the scene and found that the suspects had been manufacturing counterfeit currency in Roxbury Township. The trio was arrested and charged with mone…

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by Valerie Musson
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Hudson County Corrections Officer Faked Medical Records For Extra Paid Leave, Prosecutor Says Hudson County Corrections Officer Faked Medical Records For Extra Paid Leave, Prosecutor Says
Hudson County Corrections Officer Faked Medical Records For Extra Paid Leave, Prosecutor Says A Hudson County correctional police officer faked medical records in order to get extra paid leave from his employer, authorities charged. Marko Nakhla, 34, was arrested on Wednesday, April 13, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. An investigation by the prosecutor’s office Public Integrity Unit found that Nakhla, of Bayonne, submitted falsified records to his employer to receive additional paid medical leave, Suarez said. Nakhla was charged with forgery and released following his arrest at the Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, Ma…

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by Valerie Musson
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Shoe Salesman Turned Internist Wrote Himself Bogus Scripts For Years, NJ Authorities Charge Shoe Salesman Turned Internist Wrote Himself Bogus Scripts For Years, NJ Authorities Charge
Shoe Salesman Turned Internist Wrote Himself Bogus Scripts For Years, NJ Authorities Charge Sagy Grinberg could’ve been a modern-day success story. A former shoe salesman, he went to medical school in the West Indies, got married on top of Mt. Carmel and took a prized residency at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark. Then things went sideways. For more than five years, state authorities said, Grinberg forged other doctors’ names on nearly 70 prescriptions for oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, Cialis and a bunch of other drugs – apparently all for himself. The crimes came to light in March 2021, they said, when a Walgreens in Vauxhall notified a New Jersey doctor about a dozen scripts …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years
Conspirator Who Used NJ High School Students To Cash Stolen COVID Stimulus Checks Gets 4 Years One of a nest of criminals who paid New Jersey high school students to cash COVID stimulus checks stolen from the mail was sentenced to four years in federal prison. Because there's no parole in the federal prison system, Jeffrey Bennett, 27, of Irvington, must serve just about all of the plea-bargained sentence rubber-stamped by a U.S. District Court judge in Newark via videoconference on Monday, Feb. 14. Bennett -- a reputed associate of a group called "The Members" -- recruited U.S. Postal Service employees to steal checks, checkbooks, debit cards, and credit cards from the mail in excha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives
East Coast Luxury Car Theft Ring Smashed By PalPark Detectives What at first seemed like a run-of-the-mill package theft led Palisades Park detectives to an organized theft ring that used bogus IDs to buy high-end luxury cars, authorities said. Jeon Kichul, a 43-year-old Korean national, was arrested last December after Detective David Chun identified him as the porch pirate who swiped a package containing a baseball glove from outside a resident’s home, Capt. Shawn Lee said. Kichul, who was also carrying bogus ID, was released pending further investigation, said Lee, the officer in charge of the department. Chun then learned that Jeon was "part of a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wyckoff PD: Officers Nab ID Thief From Bronx Fleeing Bank Wyckoff PD: Officers Nab ID Thief From Bronx Fleeing Bank
Wyckoff PD: Officers Nab ID Thief From Bronx Fleeing Bank Wyckoff police nabbed a fleeing Bronx man after he tried to withdraw $2,860 from a personal account using a bogus driver’s license, authorities said. Sgt. Kevin Pinches and Officer Kyle Scherm were responding to a call from the Provident Bank on Franklin Avenue early Thursday afternoon when they spotted Junior Robles, 26, fleeing the scene, Lt. Joseph Soto said. They grabbed Robles on nearby Monroe Avenue at Dana Hannon Way after a brief foot chase, Soto said. Robles remained held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first court appearance. He’s charged with attempted forgery, ID theft and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SCAM ALERT: Men Used Counterfeit $100 Bills At Several NJ Gas Stations, Police Say SCAM ALERT: Men Used Counterfeit $100 Bills At Several NJ Gas Stations, Police Say
Scam ALERT: Men Used Counterfeit $100 Bills At Several NJ Gas Stations, Police Say Two men have been charged after allegedly using counterfeit bills at several gas stations throughout the Garden State, authorities said Friday. Mohammad Kamara, 30, of Newark, and Tonney Manyango, 29, of Sayreville, are accused of asking for $3.00 worth of gas at QuickChek in Cedar Knolls, paying with a counterfeit $100 bill, and asking for change for a second counterfeit $100 bill on Jan. 4, Hanover Police said. A follow-up investigation found that several other convenience stores throughout New Jersey had recently experienced a similar scam between Jan. 4 and Jan. 6, authorities said. Th…

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by Valerie Musson
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Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say
Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say Hawthorne police nabbed a pair of identity thieves from the Bronx thanks to a local bank manager, authorities said. The manager at the Chase branch on Lafayette Avenue called police after denying the men access to an account belonging to a Florida resident and watching them drive away, Detective Capt. Robert King said. Officers took Orlando Rodriguez, 35, and Christian Ellis, 30, into custody after stopping their vehicle – which had tinted windows and no front license plate – moments later, King said. Both had several debit and credit cards in the names of other people with them, the capta…

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by Jerry DeMarco