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Bergen Broker Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For 'Short Sale' Scam Bergen Broker Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For 'Short Sale' Scam
Bergen Broker Gets 18 Months In Fed Pen For 'Short Sale' Scam A Bergen County real estate broker was sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison for his role in a $4.6 million “short-sale” scheme. Steve Young Kang, 66, of Ridgefield, and others sold properties to an accomplice, Mehdi Kassai, for substantially less than they were worth, Acting Principal Assistant U.S. Attorney and Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Rahul Agarwal said. The conspirators used false documents, straw buyers and cosmetic property damage, while also restricting the ability of others to bid on and buy those properties, Agarwal said. Kassai then “sold many of those propert…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVER-UP: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge COVER-UP: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge
Cover-up: Essex Correctional Officers Beat Detainee As Sergeant Stood By, Feds Charge Three Essex County correctional officers beat a federal detainee as a sergeant stood by, said authorities who charged all four with civil rights violations. The detainee – who was being held pending a federal trial -- squirted a mixture of urine, yogurt, and milk onto a correctional officer at the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF) the evening of Aug. 17, 2020, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Friday. The detainee was brought to a disciplinary cell and beaten by Officers Angel Chaparro, 38, Damion James, 40, and Luis Ortiz, 29, in front of Sgt. Herman Pride, 51, Honig said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds: Longtime Fugitive From Brazil Surrenders In Major NJ Mortgage Fraud Feds: Longtime Fugitive From Brazil Surrenders In Major NJ Mortgage Fraud
Feds: Longtime Fugitive From Brazil Surrenders In Major NJ Mortgage Fraud A long-time Brazilian fugitive flew returned to New Jersey on Tuesday to face federal charges in a long-running mortgage fraud, authorities said. Isaac DePaula, 40, of Brazil, had been on the run since federal authorities first charged him in a 2012 complaint and then a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Newark indicted him four years later. He flew in to Newark Airport on Tuesday to face the indictment, which charges him with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and three counts of bank fraud, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. A federal judge ordered DePaula’s release pending further court…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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FBI Busts Paterson Police Sergeant Charged With Stealing Cash During Search FBI Busts Paterson Police Sergeant Charged With Stealing Cash During Search
FBI Busts Paterson Police Sergeant Charged With Stealing Cash During Search The FBI Tuesday morning arrested a Paterson police sergeant accused of stealing money during a search of a suspect’s apartment. Sgt. Michael Cheff, 49, of Paterson, gave a few of his fellow officers a portion of the proceeds and didn’t report it, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Federal authorities have been busting a band of rogue officers who they said violated civilians’ civil rights by stopping and searching their vehicles without justification and stole money from civilians. Cheff “routinely received a portion of these stolen monies from some of these officers and signed off on cor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Former Paterson Police Officer Gets 6 Months In Federal Pen For Video'd Hospital Assault Former Paterson Police Officer Gets 6 Months In Federal Pen For Video'd Hospital Assault
Former Paterson Police Officer Gets 6 Months In Federal Pen For Video'd Hospital Assault A former Paterson police officer must serve six months in federal prison for concealing the assault of a hospitalized suicidal man by his partner, which he recorded with his cellphone. Roger Then, 29, of Paterson, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Newark after pleading guilty last December to misprison of felony for concealing the civil rights crime committed by his partner, Ruben McAusland, at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. McAusland was sentenced last week to 5½ years for the assault. ****** SEE: A former Paterson police officer will spend 5½ years in federal pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco