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South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography
South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing 1,000 Images Of Child Pornography A 41-year-old man from South Jersey is charged with sharing more than 1,000 images of child pornography on the internet. Stephen T. Costello, of Absecon, was arrested without incident and was being held in the Atlantic County Justice Facility, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.  The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a referral of inappropriate content distributed on the social media file-sharing application KIK. A subsequent investigation led Atlantic County Prosecutor Detectives to identify Costello and determine he distributed over 1000 videos an…

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by Jon Craig
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South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing Child Pornography Via SnapChat: Prosecutor South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing Child Pornography Via SnapChat: Prosecutor
South Jersey Man Charged With Sharing Child Pornography Via SnapChat: Prosecutor A 35-year-old man from Egg Harbor Township has been charged in connection with the distribution of child abuse images and videos via SnapChat, authorities said. William Roman Jr., was arrested without incident, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office  The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a referral of inappropriate content distributed on the social media application SnapChat. A subsequent investigation led Atlantic County Prosecutor Detectives to identify Roman and additional videos of child sexual exploitation in his possession, the prosecutor said. …

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by Jon Craig
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Feds: Fort Lee Woman Gets 27 Months For Stealing $300,000 From ID Theft Victims Feds: Fort Lee Woman Gets 27 Months For Stealing $300,000 From ID Theft Victims
Feds: Fort Lee Woman Gets 27 Months For Stealing $300,000 From ID Theft Victims A confessed cybercriminal from Fort Lee was sentenced Monday to 27 months in federal prison for snatching nearly $300,000 from the accounts of ID theft victims, authorities said. Briana Burford was caught using Bitcoin to make the purchases through “carding” sites that traffic in stolen credit card and bank account information, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Rather than risk trial, she took a deal from the government, pleading guilty in U.S. District Court in Newark in November 2019 to wire fraud. Federal authorities didn’t say whether the deal reached with Burford nearly two …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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