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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
Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job
Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job A Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts on several charges filed against a former Plainfield police sergeant accused of exploiting her position to steal nearly $1,100 from the city by falsifying work records, authorities said. Leslie Knight, 51, was found guilty Tuesday on several counts of both third and fourth-degree theft by deception and one charge of falsifying records, a fourth-degree crime, following a two-week trial before Union County Superior Court Judge Robert Kirsch and five hours of jury deliberation.  The jury found Knight, who was hired in 2001, not guilty on on…

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by Cecilia Levine
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
News
Morris Prosecutor: Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case Morris Prosecutor: Woman Doctored Medical Records In Family Court Case
Morris Prosecutor: 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-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department
Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $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
Police & Fire
Authorities: Hillsdale Investment Adviser Who Admitted Scamming Friends Of $1.5M Does It Again Authorities: Hillsdale Investment Adviser Who Admitted Scamming Friends Of $1.5M Does It Again
Authorities: Hillsdale Investment Adviser Who Admitted Scamming Friends Of $1.5M Does It Again Soon after agreeing to pay $1.5 million to settle charges of defrauding close friends and community members, a Hillsdale investment adviser was back at it, local and federal authorities charged. Both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office filed new complaints against Bruce Fixelle for conning unwitting victims out of more than $500,000 through two companies that he controlled. Fixelle, 58, used the money "for his own purposes and to pay other investors," then tried to cover his tracks by giving the victims bogus capital investment statemen…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teaneck Social Worker Charged With Collecting On Bogus Claims For Kids' Mental Health Services Teaneck Social Worker Charged With Collecting On Bogus Claims For Kids' Mental Health Services
Teaneck Social Worker Charged With Collecting On Bogus Claims For Kids' Mental Health Services A clinical social worker from Teaneck falsely billed the Medicaid program for mental health services she claimed she provided to at-risk children and adolescents, a state grand jury has charged. Gloria Andrade, 56, of Teaneck, was employed full-time as a social services specialist with the Township of Teaneck when she submitted the bogus claims while working a side job as a solo practitioner providing in-home counseling and therapy to children, adolescents, and their families in the NJ Department of Children and Families’ Intensive In-Community Services program (IICS), authorities said). “L…

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by Jerry DeMarco