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Father-Son Investment Scammers From Bergen Get State Prison Time Tacked Onto Federal Sentences
Having been sentenced to federal time, two members of a Bergen County family of con artists received state prison terms Friday in Hackensack for defrauding investors in back-to-back multi-million dollar scams.
George Bussanich Sr., 61, of Park Ridge, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison, while George Bussanich Jr., 40, of Saddle River, was sentenced to eight years in state prison.
Bussanich Sr.’s wife, Wilma Bussanich, 58, was sentenced Friday to five years of probation and 125 hours of community service for a previous guilty plea to money laundering.
Last March, George Bussanich Sr. …
Rochelle Park PD: 5 From Four Bergen Towns Charged In SnapChat-Arranged Drug Deal Robbery
Two Bergen County women used SnapChat to lure a Rochelle Park man to a darkened parking lot where three accomplices beat and robbed him of nearly $900 worth of drugs, an iPod and Airpods, authorities said Tuesday.
Within days, Rochelle Park detectives nabbed five people who they said planned and executed the robbery:
Jordan Dufont and Jose Perez, both 19 of Westwood;
Kevin Henao, 23, of Moonachie;
Zsaclene Ayala-Day, 19, of Ridgefield Park;
Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township.
Two of those arrested were captured by Mahwah police earlier this year.
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