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North Brunswick Soda Exec Confesses To Sharing Secret Formulas With Competitors, Feds Say North Brunswick Soda Exec Confesses To Sharing Secret Formulas With Competitors, Feds Say
North Brunswick Soda Exec Confesses To Sharing Secret Formulas With Competitors, Feds Say An executive from North Brunswick admitted to sharing secret soda formulas with his company's competitors, authorities said. Andrew Blum, 63, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 12 to conspiracy to possess stolen trade secrets and possession of stolen trade secrets, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. Blum was the vice president of product development for an unnamed North Jersey-based maker of oil products and proprietary flavors from 2013 until Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. The parent corporation of Blum's company was one of the world’s largest produc…

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Jersey Shore Business Owner Admits To Keeping Nearly $1M In Employees Taxes From IRS: Feds Jersey Shore Business Owner Admits To Keeping Nearly $1M In Employees Taxes From IRS: Feds
Jersey Shore Business Owner Admits To Keeping Nearly $1M In Employees Taxes From IRS: Feds A Brick Township construction company owner admitted to withholding his employees' taxes and not paying the money to the IRS, authorities said. Gerard Artz, 44, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Sept. 26 to failure to collect and pay over taxes, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. He was the owner of Prime Installations, which operated in Brick and New York City. According to court documents and statements, Artz directed his company to withhold employment taxes from the company’s employees’ paychecks between 2016 and 2020. Prime Installations failed …

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Plainsboro Man Sexually Assaulted Two Children, Uploaded Pics On Dark Web: Feds Plainsboro Man Sexually Assaulted Two Children, Uploaded Pics On Dark Web: Feds
Plainsboro Man Sexually Assaulted Two Children, Uploaded Pics On Dark Web: Feds A Plainsboro man was accused of sexually assaulting two children and uploading pictures of the abuse on the dark web, authorities said. Anthony Lagotta Jr., 54, was charged with one count each of production and possession of child pornography, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release on Tuesday, Aug. 20. He appeared in front of a federal judge and was detained. According to court documents and statements, Lagotta sexually assaulted two children and took photos of what happened about 15 years ago. He then uploaded 30 of the pictures to a child po…

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