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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…
Nearly 100 Fentanyl-Laced Pills, Cocaine, Handgun Seized In Morris County Bust, Prosecutor Says
Nearly 100 fake pills laced with Fentanyl, a half ounce of cocaine, .32 caliber handgun and thousands in cash were seized during a drug bust in Morris County earlier this week, resulting in a laundry list of charges for a Victory Gardens couple, authorities said.
Timothy Lyons-Garcia, 24, is facing nearly two-dozen second-, third- and fourth-degree drug possession and distribution charges as well as illegal weapons offenses and money laundering after a May 11 investigation turned up the following, according to Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll:
Almost 100 fictitious pills l…
Sussex County Driver, 26, Killed In Route 80 Parsippany-Troy Hills Construction Truck Accident
A 26-year-old Wantage man was killed after he struck the back of a parked construction vehicle on Route 80 in Parsippany-Troy Hills Monday night, state police said.
Frank Orlando Jr., 26, of Wantage was driving a Chevy pickup truck when he struck the back of an international construction truck driven by Salvatore Fucci, 57, of Manchester on Route 80 near mile marker 46.3 just after 8:30 p.m., Sgt. Philip Curry told Daily Voice.
Fucci -- whose truck had been stopped for a mobile construction detail -- sustained minor injuries. Orlando's passenger, a 31-year-old Newton woman, suffered moderat…
Newark Man Identified As Third Victim Of Wrong-Way Route 80 Crash
Authorities have identified the three victims of last October's Route 80 crash that killed three people.
Ronald Francois, 28, of Newark, Jalen Davis, 20, of Stanhope, and Julia Wells, 20, of Mine Hill, were killed after being struck by Miguel Botero of Dumont on Oct. 18, 2019 in Parsippany-Troy Hills, the Daily Record reports.
Online campaigns had been created after the crash for Wells and Davis, but this is the first time in the nearly three months since the accident that the third victim was identified.
Botero, a 28-year-old car salesman, was headed west on the eastbound side of the high…
