Prosecutor: Widow Of NJ ‘Animal Whisperer’ Continued Veterinary Practice Without License Prosecutor: Widow Of NJ ‘Animal Whisperer’ Continued Veterinary Practice Without License
Prosecutor: Widow Of NJ ‘Animal Whisperer’ Continued Veterinary Practice Without License The widow of a North Jersey veterinarian who’d been known as the “animal whisperer” was arrested for continuing to operate his clinic without a license, authorities announced Monday. Alia Muslih, 39, of Montclair was charged with animal cruelty, among other counts, after Passaic County prosecutor’s detectives raided the Totowa Animal Hospital along with local police, the DEA, the state Division of Consumer Affairs and animal control officers from Paterson and Clifton. Her late husband, Adel Hamdan, was renowned in his field, having previously operated the Maywood Veterinary Clinic for 17 ye…
Did You Do Business With This Man? Arrest Made In $90,000 Bergen COVID Gloves Scam Did You Do Business With This Man? Arrest Made In $90,000 Bergen COVID Gloves Scam
Did You Do Business With This Man? Arrest Made In $90,000 Bergen COVID Gloves Scam A judge in Hackensack released an out-of-state man accused of illegally profiting off the COVID pandemic by pocketing $90,000 for what were supposed to be a million personal protective gloves. Nwaokoma Nwakanma, 30, of Westland, MI claimed to work for Bioneutral Chem Group, a bogus Newark-based company that purported to be a legitimate business, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Cresskill police got wind of the scam and alerted detectives from Musella’s Financial Crimes Unit in early June, the prosecutor said. They investigated and obtained an arrest warrant for Nwakanma, of West…
Prosecutor: Bergen Woman, 73, Created Bogus Identity To Scam $37,000 In Social Security Funds Prosecutor: Bergen Woman, 73, Created Bogus Identity To Scam $37,000 In Social Security Funds
Prosecutor: Bergen Woman, 73, Created Bogus Identity To Scam $37,000 In Social Security Funds A 73-year-old Bergen County woman created a false identity to fraudulently pocket $37,000 in federal benefits, authorities said Thursday. Yun J. Kim of Ridgefield Park produced a Social Security number, a U.S. passport and a non-driver ID to apply for an receive supplemental security benefits that she wasn’t entitled to, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Kim was charged with theft by deception and tampering with public records following an investigation by Musella’s detectives with assistance from the New York field offices of the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Ins…
Wayne Detectives Nab PSE&G Scammer, Believe More Victims Are Out There Wayne Detectives Nab PSE&G Scammer, Believe More Victims Are Out There
Wayne Detectives Nab PSE&G Scammer, Believe More Victims Are Out There Wayne police detectives tracked down and charged a Queens man for conning a resident out of $2,570 through a utility scam. Now they’re trying to find out whether he had any other local victims. Welinton Cedano, 29, sent the township resident a bogus text that purported to be from PSE&G, Detective Capt. Dan Daly said. Following prompts, the woman was connected with someone claiming to be a manager who convinced her that she owed the utility money, Daly said. Before it was over, she’d made four separate payments to a Zelle account, he said. Suspecting it was bogus, the woman later …
New Fraud Cases Name Relatives Of Imprisoned Father, Son Scammers From Mahwah, Saddle River New Fraud Cases Name Relatives Of Imprisoned Father, Son Scammers From Mahwah, Saddle River
New Fraud Cases Name Relatives Of Imprisoned Father, Son Scammers From Mahwah, Saddle River It seemed that state and federal prosecutors had thrown all they could at Bergen County’s George Bussanich and his son for a series of multi-million-dollar investment scams the past several years. But state authorities announced a new case Friday that also includes Bussanich's daughter and son-in-law as co-defendants. George Bussanich Sr., 62, of Park Ridge is already serving a 27-month federal prison stretch in Allenwood, PA for defrauding mortgage lenders and is due for release in 10 months. His son, George Bussanich Jr., 41, of Saddle River is up for parole this November from an eight-y…
Bronx Man Arrested In Middlesex 'Grandparent Scam' Bronx Man Arrested In Middlesex 'Grandparent Scam'
Bronx Man Arrested In Middlesex 'Grandparent Scam' A New York City man and a juvenile have been arrested with attempting a "grandparent scam" to rob a Middlesex County resident, authorities said. Albert Peralta-Munoz, 22, of the Bronx was charged on a complaint-summons with second-degree use of a juvenile to commit a crime, third-degree theft by deception, and third-degree conspiracy, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and South Plainfield Police Chief James Parker. Peralta-Munoz was charged along with a juvenile after an investigation by the South Plainfield Police that determined, at about11:30 a.m. on…