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Hackensack Teacher From Oradell Charged With Pocketing $300,000 In Ponzi Scheme
A Hackensack schoolteacher from Oradell ran a Ponzi scheme that fleeced investors of $300,000 that she used for herself, authorities announced Monday.
Suzette Hart, 54, “solicited multiple investors for various high-yield, well-known investment opportunities knowing that the investments were fraudulent” over a five-year period, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
Hart, who most recently taught at Hackensack’s Fairmount School, then “disbursed money from one investor to other investors, which reinforced the deception that the investor’s money had been properly invested and was produc…
Authorities: Garfield PD Nabs Man Who Scammed Upstate NY Grandma Out Of Nearly $12,800
An elderly New York State woman was conned out of $7,000 in a grandparent scam -- and nearly lost $5,800 more before Garfield police grabbed a Paterson man as he collected the second payment, authorities said.
Jose A. Torres-Dejesus, 27, called the victim on Friday claiming to be her grandson, Detective Capt. Richard Uram said.
Torres-Dejesus told the woman he’d been involved in a DUI crash and needed money, Uram said.
He then gave her a phone number, saying it was his attorney, the captain said.
The woman called the number and a man who answered said she had overnight $7,000 in cash to a…
Authorities: On-The-Spot Paramus Police Officers Nab ID Thief Fleeing With Victim's $3,500
Paramus police nabbed an identity thief as she tried to flee a Route 17 bank with $3,500 that she'd just pulled from a victim’s account, authorities said.
Responding to a call, Officers Michael Boccher, Gregg Hooper and Officer David Polanco seized Chelsea D. Colson, 29, outside the Citibank branch Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said Wednesday.
She was carrying a small amount of cocaine, Ehrenberg said.
The officers learned that Colson withdrew $3,500 from a Brooklyn resident’s account using stolen identification.
Colson, who's had recent addresses in New York and Florida, is awaiting t…
Ridgewood PD: Officers Capture Westchester, Bronx ID Thieves At Local Bank
Ridgewood police nabbed an accused ID thief from Westchester and two from the Bronx as they tried to steal money from the bank account of an identity theft victim, authorities said.
Responding officers grabbed all three at the TD Bank branch on North Maple Avenue, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said.
The thieves tried using a bogus identification and credit card, as well as the victim’s account number, to withdraw cash, the chief said.
at the scene and transported to Ridgewood Police headquarters.
Daniel Raymond, 40, of Larchmont, was charged with theft by deception, fraudulent use of…
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 …
