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Jersey City Man Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen For $450,000 Phony Passport Bank Fraud Scheme Jersey City Man Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen For $450,000 Phony Passport Bank Fraud Scheme
Jersey City Man Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen For $450,000 Phony Passport Bank Fraud Scheme A Jersey City man must spend more than two years in federal prison for his role in a ring that used bogus passports and IRS refund checks to pocket more than $450,000. Mamadou Diallo, 44, also must pay $150,052 in restitution as part his plea deal with the government, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. For 6½ years, beginning in 2012, Diallo admitted, he and others stuck photos of themselves to passports bearing others’ names. They then used the bogus IDs to open bank accounts into which they deposited phony IRS refund checks. They withdrew the funds from ATM and teller termi…

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Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle
Feds: Wayne Woman Admits Doctoring Apps In $4 Million Bank Loan Swindle A Wayne woman admitted in federal court in Newark that she helped produce bogus documents that conned banks out of $4 million in loans, authorities said. Gladys Collins, 43, was among a group of conspirators at Cash Flow Partners LLC, a business consulting firm with offices in New York and New Jersey, who attracted loan applicants through online ads and seminars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The crew then ginned up applications for loans, some insured by the FDIC, to make their customers “appear more financially viable than they actually were,” Carpenito said. Collins accepted a dea…

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