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CHOPPED: Passaic, Bergen Garages Doubled As Destinations For Stolen Vehicles, Authorities Say CHOPPED: Passaic, Bergen Garages Doubled As Destinations For Stolen Vehicles, Authorities Say
Chopped: Passaic, Bergen Garages Doubled As Destinations For Stolen Vehicles, Authorities Say A group of towing and mechanic business owners in Bergen and Passaic had a lucrative moonlighting operation going before New Jersey State Police shut them down, authorities said. Workers at the off-hour chop shops in Paterson, Passaic and Elmwood Park altered stolen vehicles for resale and disassembled others to be sold as parts, state authorities said on Friday, June 2. Fourteen people in all were arrested during quick-strike raids last week by the NJSP, assisted by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office, Paterson police and several other local, county and federal law enforcement agencies. R…

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Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In NJ-Wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In NJ-Wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says
Rockin' The 60s: Veteran Culprits Nabbed In Nj-wide Thefts Of Work Vans, Trucks, State Says Two ex-cons in their 60s were part of a ring that stole more than 30 work vehicles from victims in seven North Jersey counties, authorities said. Their end came in a quick succession of arrests that followed an operation led by New Jersey State Police -- and involving dozens of local police departments -- that was dubbed “Operation Cat Burglar.” Crew members in January began snatching work vans and trucks from owners in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Union, Hudson, Morris, and Middlesex counties, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. They stored the stolen vehicles in a lot in North Berg…

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Hudson Medical Office Manager From Bergen Admits Stealing $840,000 In Insurance Payments Hudson Medical Office Manager From Bergen Admits Stealing $840,000 In Insurance Payments
Hudson Medical Office Manager From Bergen Admits Stealing $840,000 In Insurance Payments A Wyckoff man admitted pocketing more than $840,000 in health insurance reimbursement payments to the North Bergen pain management clinic he managed. Nuno Fernandez, 38, told a federal judge in Newark via teleconference that he began stealing some of the checks sent to the medical office by “endorsing them in his own name and depositing them into his personal bank account using an application on his mobile telephone,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He continued doing it over the next four years, he admitted. Rather than go to trial after being caught by the FBI, Fernandez accepted a …

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Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor
Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor A Hackensack chiropractor from Saddle Brook paid a city police department employee to steer accident victims to him, said authorities who arrested both of them. Dr. Andrew Perrone, 50, paid Carmen Ballestas to convince victims filing or collecting accident reports to go to his Perrone Family Wellness clinic on Spring Valley Avenue for treatment, authorities allege. Ballestas 59, "was taken out of the [Hackensack PD] building months ago by prosecutors and has been suspended since," an official with direct knowledge of the arrest told Daily Voice. According to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark M…

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Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor
Authorities: 'Runner' At Hackensack PD Steered Accident Victims To Local Chiropractor A Hackensack chiropractor from Saddle Brook paid a city police department employee to steer accident victims to him, said authorities who arrested both of them. Dr. Andrew Perrone, 50, paid Carmen Ballestas to convince victims filing or collecting accident reports to go to his Perrone Family Wellness clinic on Spring Valley Avenue for treatment, authorities allege. Ballestas 59, "was taken out of the [Hackensack PD] building months ago by prosecutors and has been suspended since," an official with direct knowledge of the arrest told Daily Voice. According to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark M…

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New Charges Brought Against Paramus Neurologist In Massive Kickback Scheme New Charges Brought Against Paramus Neurologist In Massive Kickback Scheme
New Charges Brought Against Paramus Neurologist In Massive Kickback Scheme Additional charges have been brought against an Upper Saddle River neurologist with an office in Paramus who was snagged in a statewide kickback crackdown, authorities said. Terry Ramnanan, 65, who operates the Interventional Spine and Pain Treatment Center, "used his medical facility to fraudulently bill insurance carriers for more than 637 medical procedures totaling $682,000 related to patients involved in the kickback scheme," an indictment returned by a state grand jury in Trenton alleges. Ramnanan is among dozens of health care practitioners charged in connection with an ong…

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