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Jersey Shore Man Arrested With 600 Designer Knockoffs: Prosecutor Jersey Shore Man Arrested With 600 Designer Knockoffs: Prosecutor
Jersey Shore Man Arrested With 600 Designer Knockoffs: Prosecutor A 47-year-old man from South Toms River has been charged with selling counterfeit designer goods, authorities said. Rasheem Paige was additionally charged with weapons offenses, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and South Toms River Police Chief William Kosh. The charges are a result of an investigation conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Economic Crime Squad, Department of Homeland Security-Homeland Security Investigations and the South Toms River Police Department.  The investigation revealed that while operating a storefront…

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by Jon Craig
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NOT GUCCI: NJ Woman Charged With Selling Loads Of Designer Knockoffs As Authentic Brands NOT GUCCI: NJ Woman Charged With Selling Loads Of Designer Knockoffs As Authentic Brands
NOT Gucci: NJ Woman Charged With Selling Loads Of Designer Knockoffs As Authentic Brands A 25-year-old Jersey Shore resident was arrested for importing knock-off designer handbags, jewelry, clothes and more, then selling them online -- marketing them as authentic brands, authorities said. A search of Courtney C. Michaels' Lakewood home on Aug. 4 turned up "numerous" Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Chanel knockoffs, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. "The merchandise was not authentic, and was being sold at a fraction of the cost of genuine merchandise," Billhimer said. It was not clear exactly how much Michaels' profited from the sales. She was charged with counterfe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former NJ Resident Admits Embezzling $540,000 From Security Firm Former NJ Resident Admits Embezzling $540,000 From Security Firm
Former NJ Resident Admits Embezzling $540,000 From Security Firm A former Bergen County resident now living in Connecticut admitted Wednesday that she embezzled $540,000 from a local company. Melissa Corso, 50, and her husband lived in Closter when she worked for a Delaware-based security systems supplier with an office in Ridgefield Park, federal authorities said. Corso, currently of Groton, CT, and co-worker Joseph Spaccavento steered customer payments owed to their former employer to a PayPal account registered to him and linked to her work email, according to an FBI complaint. The customers, in turn, sent more than $3.1 million through 1,150 transa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: South Jersey HR Boss Stole $614K From SEA BOX Employer, Spent Some On Enlarged Butt Prosecutor: South Jersey HR Boss Stole $614K From SEA BOX Employer, Spent Some On Enlarged Butt
Prosecutor: South Jersey HR Boss Stole $614K From SEA BOX Employer, Spent Some On Enlarged Butt A 41-year-old human resources manager from Burlington County has been arrested for stealing more than $614,000 from her employer, authorities said. She spent the stolen money on a variety of personal items including overseas travel and buying a "buttock augmentation" for herself and a friend at a Las Vegas plastic surgery center, they said. Karen O’Brien of South Church Road in Maple Shade was charged with theft by unlawful taking and computed related activity for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Cinnaminson T…

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by Jon Craig
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Feds: Former NJ Resident Embezzled $540,000 From Security Firm Feds: Former NJ Resident Embezzled $540,000 From Security Firm
Feds: Former NJ Resident Embezzled $540,000 From Security Firm A former Bergen County resident now living in Connecticut embezzled $540,000 intended for a local company that she diverted into a PayPal account for herself, her husband and a co-worker, federal authorities charged. A federal judge in Connecticut ordered Melissa Corso, 50, of Groton, held pending transfer to New Jersey to face wire fraud charges after the FBI arrested her on Thursday. Corso and her husband lived in Closter when she worked for a Delaware-based security systems supplier with an office in Ridgefield Park, federal authorities said. For more than six years, beginning in early …

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by Jerry DeMarco