College Sex Cult Leader Larry Ray Of NJ Found Guilty On All Charges College Sex Cult Leader Larry Ray Of NJ Found Guilty On All Charges
College Sex Cult Leader Larry Ray Of NJ Found Guilty On All Charges The New Jersey man who ran a sex cult out of his daughter's dorm room will face life in prison after being found guilty by a jury of sexually exploiting and trafficking girls. Larry Ray, 62 — who was arrested at his home in Piscataway — was found guilty of 15 counts that include racketeering, sex trafficking, conspiracy, forced labor, extortion, tax evasion, and other crimes in relation to his scheme following multiple delays in his trial and prosecution. The jury deliberated for less than four hours before returning the guilty verdict. “Twelve years ago, Larry Ray moved into his…
Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida
Former Bergen Pilates Entrepreneur, Hospital Philanthropist Dies In Florida A funeral service is scheduled this weekend for a former Bergen County fitness entrepreneur and hospital philanthropist who died suddenly at her Florida home. The circumstances surrounding the death of Nanci Perle Kushner on Monday, March 21, haven’t been made public. Previously from Cresskill, the 56-year-old New York native had been living in Boca Raton, FL, records show. Kusher received a bachelor’s degree in retail and marketing from Syracuse University and a master's in education from Fordham Graduate School before cultivating a love of exercise into the founding of NPK Pilates in Cr…
Former Rockland Owner Of Failed Nursing Homes In NJ, 11 Other States Charged In $39M Tax Dodge Former Rockland Owner Of Failed Nursing Homes In NJ, 11 Other States Charged In $39M Tax Dodge
Former Rockland Owner Of Failed Nursing Homes In NJ, 11 Other States Charged In $39M Tax Dodge An insurance broker from Rockland County who ran a failed nationwide network of nearly 100 nursing homes from an office over a Bergen County pizzeria ducked nearly $39 million in payroll taxes, a federal indictment unsealed on Monday alleges. Joseph Schwartz, 62, was arrested at his Suffern home last Thursday. A federal judge in Newark released him to home confinement hours later, with conditions, pending trial. Then came the unsealing announcement on Monday, also out of Newark. Schwartz’s Skyline Healthcare LLC amassed 95 nursing homes in 11 states nationwide in less than two years – incl…
State: Jersey Shore Chiropractor, 73, With Fraud History Files 261 Bogus Insurance Claims State: Jersey Shore Chiropractor, 73, With Fraud History Files 261 Bogus Insurance Claims
State: Jersey Shore Chiropractor, 73, With Fraud History Files 261 Bogus Insurance Claims A Bayonne-based chiropractor from the Jersey Shore with an insurance fraud conviction already on his record did it again, state authorities charged. Charles B. Boas, 73, of Matawan, got probation seven years ago after pleading guilty to collecting nearly $13,000 through bogus claims, records show. State officials announced Wednesday that they'd caught him in an even bigger scam -- this time involving hundreds of false submissions to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. A grand jury in Trenton indicted Boas on 261 counts involving health care claims fraud, theft by deception and tax evasions, Ac…
Real Pain In The Glass: NJ Window Firm Exec Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS By $1.5M Real Pain In The Glass: NJ Window Firm Exec Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS By $1.5M
Real Pain In The Glass: NJ Window Firm Exec Gets 2 Years In Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS By $1.5M UPDATE: A 73-year-old Morris County executive who admitted short-changing the government by $1.15 million on employment taxes was sentenced to a plea-bargained two years in federal prison. Stephen Walloga will have to serve just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. U. S. District Court Judge Stanley R. Chesler also ordered him to serve three years of supervised release and pay the full $1,150,487 in restitution. As vice president of the Rockaway-based Pain In The Glass window tinting company, Walloga was responsible for collecting, accountin…
Feds: Bean Counter Admits Embezzling Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars From Bergen Tour Company Feds: Bean Counter Admits Embezzling Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars From Bergen Tour Company
Feds: Bean Counter Admits Embezzling Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars From Bergen Tour Company Only a week after her former manager took a guilty plea in federal court, a Lyndhurst accountant admitted Monday that she helped embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from the guided tour company they worked for. Ruby Baroni, 54, took a deal from the government rather than face trial – the same as Estela Laluf, 76, of River Edge, did last Monday, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Between 2010 and 2016, the pair conspired to write checks against the East Rutherford-based company’s bank accounts to cash, Honig said. Checks were also issued to actual company employees and co…
Feds Bust NJ YouTuber In Multi-Million-Dollar TV Pirating Ring Feds Bust NJ YouTuber In Multi-Million-Dollar TV Pirating Ring
Feds Bust NJ YouTuber In Multi-Million-Dollar TV Pirating Ring A self-proclaimed South Jersey “influencer” who live-streamed his arrest by federal authorities was charged with running one of the largest-ever illegal TV pirating rings. Bill Omar Carrasquillo – aka “Omi in a Hellcat” -- has insisted that he amassed a $30 million fortune, a stockpile of more than 50 vehicles and dozens of properties through a construction company and as a landlord. Federal authorities, however, say that Carrasquillo, 35, of the Gloucester town of Swedesboro, and partners Jesse Gonzales, 42, of Pico Rivera, CA, and Michael Barone, 36, of Queens, NY, offered subscribers all…
High-Living Ex-Bergen Stockbroker Arrested By IRS For Ducking $4.3M In Taxes, Feds Say High-Living Ex-Bergen Stockbroker Arrested By IRS For Ducking $4.3M In Taxes, Feds Say
High-Living Ex-Bergen Stockbroker Arrested By IRS For Ducking $4.3M In Taxes, Feds Say A disgraced stockbroker from Bergen County was arrested Thursday by IRS agents who said he lived the high life while shortchanging Uncle Sam $4.3 million. Jason Kronick, 48, of Woodcliff Lake made headlines after he was fired from one job for alleged “unauthorized trading and unauthorized positions,” then resigned from after allegedly omitting $330,000 in judgments against him on his job application. Kronick, who eventually filed for bankruptcy, earned $20 million during tax years 2008 through 2010, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Thursday. Honig said Kronick: used roughly $1.…
Former Big-Time NJ Businessman Sent To Fed Pen For Payroll Scheme Former Big-Time NJ Businessman Sent To Fed Pen For Payroll Scheme
Former Big-Time NJ Businessman Sent To Fed Pen For Payroll Scheme A disgraced former up-and-coming New Jersey businessman who once tried to jump to his death from the George Washington Bridge is headed back behind bars. Jerry Carter Jr., 42, a self-described self-made millionaire was once touted as one of New Jersey’s “Top 40 Business People Under 40.’’ Then things went south. The Mercer County resident ended up spending more than two years behind bars on a tax evasion conviction after failing to report $1.8 million in income from a Hoboken payroll company he founded. Instead of staying straight following his release, Carter and two accomplices hatched a…
Jersey Shore Contractor Admits Ducking $609,668 In Employment, Personal Income Taxes Jersey Shore Contractor Admits Ducking $609,668 In Employment, Personal Income Taxes
Jersey Shore Contractor Admits Ducking $609,668 In Employment, Personal Income Taxes The owner of a Jersey Shore construction and demolition company admitted in federal court Wednesday that he ducked employment and personal income taxes. Peter Alvarez, 54, of Atlantic Highlands didn’t report income from clients’ checks that he cashed and then used, in part, to pay employees at Mr. Demo, a construction and demolition business that he owned and operated in Leonardo, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Rather than face a trial, Alvarez took a deal from federal prosecutors. In exchange for leniency, the Middletown native pleaded guilty to evading employment and person…
Jersey Shore Paving Company Owner Goes To Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS $435,270 Jersey Shore Paving Company Owner Goes To Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS $435,270
Jersey Shore Paving Company Owner Goes To Fed Pen For Stiffing IRS $435,270 The owner/operator of a Jersey Shore asphalt and concrete maintenance company must spend a year and a day in federal prison after shorting the IRS $435,270.58 in payroll taxes. Donato DiPasquale, 57, of Brick has already paid up $307,404 of the money, said Michael Montanez, the special agent in charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Newark Field Office A federal judge in Trenton this week sentenced DiPasquale to the plea-bargained term, along with three years of supervised release. He also must pay the remaining $127,865.79 that he owes the government, Montanez said. He must serve the…
Morris County Company Exec Charged With Stiffing IRS $1.5M In Taxes Takes Plea Morris County Company Exec Charged With Stiffing IRS $1.5M In Taxes Takes Plea
Morris County Company Exec Charged With Stiffing IRS $1.5M In Taxes Takes Plea A Morris County window tinting company executive accused of short-changing the government by $1.15 million on employment taxes pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, federal authorities said. As vice president of Rockaway-based A Pain In The Glass Inc., Stephen Walloga was responsible for collecting, accounting for and paying over employee payroll taxes, said Michael Montanez the special agent in charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Newark Field Office. Walloga didn’t pay those taxes for nearly a decade, Montanez said. He subsequently took a deal from the government rather than face trial, a…