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Heard But Not Seen: Nigerian National Nabbed In $250,000 Audiobooks Scheme, NJ Feds Say
A Nigerian national living in Bangladesh contracted with more than 600 voice actors to produce audiobooks of written works that he didn't hold the rights to, federal authorities in New Jersey charged.
Anyanwu Benjamin Chizitere, 30, of Enugu, Nigeria, was part of a group that collected more than $250,000 by infringing on the copyright of a Newark-based company and its authors, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said.
Chizitere worked for a financial services business that provided online money transfer and digital payment services to the company, the U.S. attorney said.
He po…
Union City Finance Adviser Admits Ripping Off Elderly Clients
A Union City man pleaded guilty in a half-million dollar fraud involving financial services clients he was supposed to be working for, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Ramon Herrera, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison when he's sentenced in February, authorities also said.
From May 2015 to early 2018, Herrera, who worked as a broker and financial adviser, met with and obtained confidential information from clients in and around Hudson County. The clients were mostly elderly, spoke only Spanish, or both, authorities said.
Herre…
Wells Fargo To Pay States $575M To Resolve Customer Ripoff Claims: NJ, NY, CT Get $34M
Wells Fargo Bank has agreed to pay $575 million – including more than $34 million combined to New Jersey, New York and Connecticut – to settle charges that it engaged in a variety of sales, lending, and other improper business practices for more than a decade.
The bank also has agreed to pay more than $385 million to 850,000 auto finance customers who were wrongly charged premiums, interest, and fees for forced-place collateral protection insurance, even though they already had the coverage.
That includes payments to more than 51,000 customers whose cars were repossessed, according to the m…
