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Car Full Of Fools Gold Lands NJ Man Trip To Fed Pen — Then Back To India Car Full Of Fools Gold Lands NJ Man Trip To Fed Pen — Then Back To India
Car Full Of Fools Gold Lands NJ Man Trip To Fed Pen — Then Back To India A New Jersey scammer whose eyes were bigger than his brain when he tried to rob an Athol woman of more than $300,000 was sentenced on Wednesday, May 24, to a year in prison, after which he'll be deported back to India authorities said.  Gaurang Contractor, 38, a citizen of India living in Jersey City, NJ, tried to trick a Central Massachusetts woman into believing he was a DEA agent and she needed to convert her life savings into gold and give it to him for safekeeping, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Contractor contacted the woman in August 2022 using the alias of "Oscar…

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by Josh Lanier
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NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole
NJ Man Who Pulled $400,000 GoFundMe Scam With Homeless Vet Gets 27 Months, No Parole UPDATE: A South Jersey man who concocted a GoFundMe scheme with his then-girlfriend that conned 14,000 donors across the country out of $400,000 to purportedly benefit a homeless veteran is headed to federal prison. Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, must serve just about all of his plea-bargained 27-month sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. He also must pay restitution and undergo gambling, drug and mental-health counseling under the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman in Camden on Friday, April 1. Three years of supervision will als…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton Man Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen For Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme Clifton Man Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen For Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme
Clifton Man Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen For Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme UPDATE: A Clifton man must spend the next five years in federal prison for a massive emailing scheme that conned businesses and individuals out of more than $1 million. In addition to the prison term, a federal judge in Trenton sentenced Lawrence Espaillat, 42, to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution of $1.7 million and forfeit $12,000. Espaillat must serve the entire term for his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Espaillat previously admitted working with co-conspirators Corry Pringley and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wyckoff Exec Gets 12-Month Fed Sentence For Taking $350,000 In Bribes From Scrap Metal Company Wyckoff Exec Gets 12-Month Fed Sentence For Taking $350,000 In Bribes From Scrap Metal Company
Wyckoff Exec Gets 12-Month Fed Sentence For Taking $350,000 In Bribes From Scrap Metal Company A former national demolition company senior vice president from Wyckoff was sentenced Wednesday to six months in federal prison and six months of home confinement for taking $341,052 in payoffs from a scrap metal company. A judge in U.S. District Court in Newark also ordered that Frank Aiello, 54, pay full restitution. Aiello worked as a senior vice president at an unnamed demolition and remediation services company with offices in New Jersey and throughout the United States, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He accepted “gifts, payments and other things of value” from two brothers who c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Irvington Man Sentenced For Role In $2.4M Fake Check Scam Irvington Man Sentenced For Role In $2.4M Fake Check Scam
Irvington Man Sentenced For Role In $2.4M Fake Check Scam An Irvington man has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for taking part in a scam that cost home improvement stores millions of dollars, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Reginald Phillips, 56, had previously pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Four others who took part in the scam had also pleaded guilty.  Philips was described as the ringleader of the scam by authorities.  For four years beginning in 2013, the scammers purchased expensive merchandise from stores in New Jersey and elsewhere on the East Coast using checks with false names but leg…

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by Paul Milo
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Newark Man Admits Helping Scam $1.9M From Nutrition Aid Program Newark Man Admits Helping Scam $1.9M From Nutrition Aid Program
Newark Man Admits Helping Scam $1.9M From Nutrition Aid Program A man who worked at a Newark grocery store admitted that he used the business to help defraud a federal aid program of $1.9 million, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Thursday.  Jose Perdomo, 34, worked at M&R Supermarket, which his father Juan managed since the business opened in 2015. The supermarket was authorized to accept payment through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which issues electronic debit cards that can be used by low-income recipients to purchase food.  Perdomo admitted exchanging SNAP benefits for cash, which is illegal. Undercover …

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by Paul Milo