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Jersey Shore Woman Stole $95K From Employer: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Woman Stole $95K From Employer: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Woman Stole $95K From Employer: Prosecutor An Ocean County woman has been charged with stealing more than $95,000 from a local entertainment company that employed her, authorities said. Dina M. Mulleano, 49, of Brick Township was charged with theft by deception, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago. An investigation by the MCPO Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Bureau was initiated earlier this year, after receipt of information that Mulleano had been creating false payroll direct deposits while working in her capacity as the human resources manager of the company. A review …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds
Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds Four businessmen from New Jersey and one from Long Island laundered millions of dollars a day in cash through fronts they set up in New York City’s Diamond District, federal authorities charged. Federal agents tied the quintet to $673 million in dirty money laundered through the illicit operations over the past four years, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. In exchange, Raj Vaidya, 26; Rakesh Vaidya, 51; Shrey Vaidya, 23; and Neel Patel, 26, all of Edison; and Youssef Janfar, aka “Joe Rodeo,” 57, of Great Neck, NY collected sizable fees, he said. The three Vaidyas and P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Thief Convicted Of Stealing Home, $110K+ From Victim Causing Her To Lose NJ Home Thief Convicted Of Stealing Home, $110K+ From Victim Causing Her To Lose NJ Home
Thief Convicted Of Stealing Home, $110K+ From Victim Causing Her To Lose NJ Home A 36-year-old Newark man has been convicted of theft and forgery that caused a woman to lose her home, authorities said. The thefts also caused the woman with a mental health condition to lose more than $110,000, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens. ,After a four-day trial, the jury found  Obadiah Salters guilty on all 24 counts of theft and forgery charges, Stephens said on Friday, March 17. In December 2016, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit initiated an investigation into alleged acts of forgery and theft by Salters against…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Office Manager Charged With Stealing $146K From Jersey Shore Employer: Prosecutor Office Manager Charged With Stealing $146K From Jersey Shore Employer: Prosecutor
Office Manager Charged With Stealing $146K From Jersey Shore Employer: Prosecutor A woman from Neptune Township has been charged with stealing more than $146,000 from her former employer, authorities said. Jodi L. Vanaman, 47, was charged with theft by unlawful taking, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago.  The charge is the result of an investigation by the MCPO Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Bureau, initiated by a referral from the Neptune City Police Department.  The investigation revealed that at various times from 2016 into 2021, while employed as an office manager for All Coast Service, a heating an…

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by Jon Craig
News
Owner Of NJ Sports Rehab Center Charged With Unlicensed Practice Owner Of NJ Sports Rehab Center Charged With Unlicensed Practice
Owner Of NJ Sports Rehab Center Charged With Unlicensed Practice The founder and CEO of a sports rehab and medical center in Edgewater was charged with practicing physical therapy without a license, authorities said. Kim Pozharsky, 48, of North Bergen has never been licensed to practice physical therapy in the state of New Jersey, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The New Jersey State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners also barred Pozharsky from “holding himself out to the public as a physical therapist or participating in any aspect of the care and treatment of patients” in a prior disciplinary action, the prosecutor said. Investigating a re…

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by Jerry DeMarco