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Diamond District Operators From NJ, Long Island Busted In $673M Money Laundering Scheme: Feds
Four businessmen from New Jersey and one from Long Island laundered millions of dollars a day in cash through fronts they set up in New York City’s Diamond District, federal authorities charged.
Federal agents tied the quintet to $673 million in dirty money laundered through the illicit operations over the past four years, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said.
In exchange, Raj Vaidya, 26; Rakesh Vaidya, 51; Shrey Vaidya, 23; and Neel Patel, 26, all of Edison; and Youssef Janfar, aka “Joe Rodeo,” 57, of Great Neck, NY collected sizable fees, he said.
The three Vaidyas and P…
2 Men Restrained Female Workers With Zipties To Rob $578K From NJ Check Cashers At Gunpoint: DA
Two men from New York City were arrested and jailed after they were apparently connected to a series of gunpoint robberies at check cashing services throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania that involved female workers being restrained with zipties, authorities announced.
Ramel Harris, 40, and Neville Brown, 38, both of Brooklyn, were charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announce…
Sparta Man Gets 5 Years For Role In Morris, Sussex, Bergen Coke/Pot Ring
A Sparta man must spend the next two years in state prison before he’ll be eligible for parole for his role in a drug distribution ring.
A judge in Morristown on Friday sentenced Samuel J. Rozynski to five years, with the two-year parole ineligibility requirement, for his March 2 guilty plea to having cocaine and pot for sale, money laundering and conspiracy.
Rozynski also forfeited what authorities said was $329,000 drug proceeds seized from him during simultaneous raids in Sparta, Cliffside Park and Parsippany this past Jan. 29.
SEE: Pair Busted With Coke, Pot, Guns In Morris, Sussex, Be…
Cliffside Park Resident Busted In Tri-County Drug Probe
Two people – one from Sparta, the other Cliffside Park -- were busted with 37 pounds of pot, three-quarters of a pound of cocaine, some guns and more than $300,000 in drug money, capping a lengthy investigation in Morris, Sussex and Bergen counties, authorities said.
Samuel J. Rozynski, 44, of Sparta faces the most serious charges, including a variety of drug and weapons possession counts and money laundering, following raids Wednesday in Sparta, Cliffside Park and Parsippany, they said.
Rozynski remained held Thursday at the Morris County Correctional Facility in Morristown pending a deten…
Daughter Indicted For Prospect Park Mother's Stabbing Death With Infant At Home
A 33-year-old woman was indicted on charges related to the fatal stabbing of her mother at her Parsippany apartment in September 2018.
An indictment was returned May 29 against Lila Lucariello, charging her with murder, weapons offenses and child endangerment, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Acting Chief of Investigations Chris Kimker, and Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Chief Andrew Miller announced in a joint statement.
Lucariello's husband called 9-1-1 on Sept. 1, 2018, after he found his mother-in-law, Salwa Kahn-Tamr, 58 of Prospect Park, lifeless with multiple …
Parsippany Man, 79, Charged In Wife's Shooting Death After Claiming Suicide
A 79-year-old Parsippany man was accused of participating in and covering up his wife's shooting death while claiming it was suicide.
Patrick Mirrione called police to their Concord Way garage just before 1 p.m. Friday, saying his wife, Dolores, 72, killed herself, authorities said.
Interviewed by detectives, Mirrione "gave inconsistent statements regarding his knowledge of and participation in the death," Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said in a joint release issued Saturday morning.
Investigators also found that he "altered, concealed, and/or removed physical items a…
