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Bergen Dad, Son Busted Again, This Time In $2.5M Jersey Shore ‘Fix-and-Flip’ Scheme Bergen Dad, Son Busted Again, This Time In $2.5M Jersey Shore ‘Fix-and-Flip’ Scheme
Bergen Dad, Son Busted Again, This Time In $2.5M Jersey Shore ‘Fix-and-Flip’ Scheme It seemed state and federal prosecutors had thrown all they could at a Bergen County father and son for a series of multi-million-dollar investment scams. But state authorities announced a new indictment against both men on Monday, Nov. 6. This time, George Bussanich, Sr., 65, of Park Ridge, and George Bussanich, Jr., 43, of Upper Saddle River, are charged with defrauding investors and mortgage lenders out of more than $2.5 million through a “fix and flip” investment scam involving Jersey Shore real estate. Victims believed they were funding the purchase, renovation, and resale of four…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bookkeeper From Paterson Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Bergen Food Distributor Bookkeeper From Paterson Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Bergen Food Distributor
Bookkeeper From Paterson Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Bergen Food Distributor A bookkeeper from Paterson embezzled $100,000 from a Bergen County food distributor that she worked for, authorities charged. Stefany Carolina Urias “took customer payments via checks and money orders without her employer’s authorization,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. She then “altered and deposited” checks and money orders made payable to the wholesale food distribution company into her account, he said. Musella’s Financial Crimes Unit arrested Urias in Passaic on charges of theft, forgery, falsifying records and criminal computer activity, the prosecutor said. She was pro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Morris Prosecutor: Franklin Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case Morris Prosecutor: Franklin Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case
Morris Prosecutor: Franklin Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case A Franklin woman was charged with forgery, perjury and falsifying records after she submitted bogus medical invoices in a family court case, authorities said Wednesday. Lynneann K. Groves, 37, filed the documents with the Family Part of Superior Court’s Chancery Division in March, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. “The documents were allegedly medical invoices totaling $2,800,” Knapp said, adding that investigators from his office’s Fraud Unit determined that they were phony. “The investigation also revealed several alterations to the original invoices,” with amounts claimed …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: WNY Production Manager Embezzled $75,000 Through Record Company's Fort Lee Bank Prosecutor: WNY Production Manager Embezzled $75,000 Through Record Company's Fort Lee Bank
Prosecutor: WNY Production Manager Embezzled $75,000 Through Record Company's Fort Lee Bank A music production manager from West New York stole $75,000 from a record company’s bank account in Fort Lee, authorities said. Zuleica Martins, 41, who worked for Brooklyn-based Vega Records, “conducted numerous, unauthorized automated teller machine withdrawals and debit card purchases, wired funds into her personal bank accounts, and altered the financial bank records to conceal these transactions,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Martins was arrested in West New York on Friday and charged with theft by deception and falsifying records. She was released pending an …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ex-Bergen Fire Captain Charged With Stealing $100,000 From Department Ex-Bergen Fire Captain Charged With Stealing $100,000 From Department
Ex-Bergen Fire Captain Charged With Stealing $100,000 From Department A now-former Elmwood Park fire captain stole nearly $100,000 from the department, said authorities who arrested him. Robert E. Daubenberger, a 55-year-old former volunteer captain, was charged with theft by deception, forgery and falsifying records after surrendering to authorities, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. The single, unemployed Daubenberger, who was the department’s treasurer, drew attention after fire officials told police that more than $48,000 was missing from Defender Company #2’s accounts and over $50,000 from the Elmwood Park Fireman’s Relief Association’s …

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by Jerry DeMarco