Former NJ Councilman Lied About Income To Keep $92-A-Month Section 8 Apartment, State Charges Former NJ Councilman Lied About Income To Keep $92-A-Month Section 8 Apartment, State Charges
Former NJ Councilman Lied About Income To Keep $92-a-month Section 8 Apartment, State Charges An embattled former South Jersey councilman under-reported his income so he could keep a federally subsidized Section 8 apartment, state authorities charged. An investigation began after Penns Grove Gardens sought to evict Carl Washington Jr. for subletting to a tenant arrested at the apartment for drugs, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday. Investigators from Bruck’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability Corruption Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General learned that Washington “falsely reported his i…
South Jersey Widow Kept GoFundMe Money Raised For Disabled Husband's Funeral, Indictment Claims South Jersey Widow Kept GoFundMe Money Raised For Disabled Husband's Funeral, Indictment Claims
South Jersey Widow Kept GoFundMe Money Raised For Disabled Husband's Funeral, Indictment Claims A woman from South Jersey has been indicted for raising money for her dead husband's cremation, but then allegedly left his body in the morgue, authorities said. The widow then spent GoFundMe campaign donations on her own "living expenses," Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said on Monday. The indictment alleges that Patricia Clark, 49, of Pemberton Township, created the online GoFundMe page to raise money for her disabled husband’s funeral before spending the money on herself, Coffina said. A grand jury indicted Clark on one count of fheft by failure to make disposition…
DA: Disbarred ChesCo Attorney Failed To Transfer $990K In Required Funds To Divorcing Couple DA: Disbarred ChesCo Attorney Failed To Transfer $990K In Required Funds To Divorcing Couple
DA: Disbarred ChesCo Attorney Failed To Transfer $990K In Required Funds To Divorcing Couple A disbarred Chester County attorney was arrested on accusations he failed to make required transfers of more than $990,000 in proceeds from the sale of a divorcing couple's house, authorities said. The allegations stem from August 2018, when a couple in the process of divorcing agreed that the proceeds from the sale of their house would be held in an interest-bearing account controlled by Schindler Law Group LLC., Thomas K. Schindler's law practice that represented one of the complainants, according to the Chester County District Attorney's office. When the house was sold in March 2020…
TD Banks Help Police Bust NJ Fraudster In Chester County, Authorities Say TD Banks Help Police Bust NJ Fraudster In Chester County, Authorities Say
TD Banks Help Police Bust NJ Fraudster In Chester County, Authorities Say A 30-year-old New Jersey woman was busted fraudulently trying to withdraw money from other people's bank accounts in Chester County, authorities said. Aysha Aguilu, of Hackensack, NJ, first attempted to withdraw the money from a West Chester TD bank branch the morning of Thursday, May 27, West Whiteland Police Det. Scott Pezick said. That bank alerted other TD Bank branches in the area, so when Aguilu came to the Exton branch later that day, bank officials immediately called police, Pezick said. There, Aguilu had been trying to withdraw money from the account of a 66-year-old Teaneck, NJ w…
PA Adoptive Parents Accused Of Sickening Child Face More Charges For Choking Child PA Adoptive Parents Accused Of Sickening Child Face More Charges For Choking Child
PA Adoptive Parents Accused Of Sickening Child Face More Charges For Choking Child A Newville adoptive mother facing charges for making one of her children sick has been accused in another incident in which a child was choked by her husband. Shelley Marie Noreika, 47 of Newville, was charged in April for numerous offenses including felony and theft on accusations she made her daughter sick and defrauded the public, asking for money to cover the cost of medical bills through a GoFundMe account. Posted by David Noreika on Sunday, November 15, 2015 That's when police say it came to light that she and her husband, David Albert Noreika, 48 of Newville, abused the older sib…
South Jersey Diving School Pioneer Admits Illegally Collecting Federal Funds South Jersey Diving School Pioneer Admits Illegally Collecting Federal Funds
South Jersey Diving School Pioneer Admits Illegally Collecting Federal Funds A New Jersey woman considered a pioneer of commercial diving instruction admitted Wednesday that she submitted bogus documents to receive federal funds that her school wasn’t entitled to, federal authorities said. Tamara Brown, 57, of Haddon Heights, began submitting false information to keep her Divers Academy International just outside of Philadelphia accredited beginning in 2012, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. As a for-profit institution, the diving school required accreditation to be eligible to receive tuition funds from the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Depart…
GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter
GoFundMe Takes Swift Action Against PA Adoptive Mom Accused Of Sickening Daughter GoFundMe has taken swift action after learning about a Cumberland County mom who lied about the her daughter's health while swindling the public to cover the medical bills. Shelley Noreika, 47 was charged after she claimed her daughter was sick, taking her to numerous doctors who gave her medicines, medical devices to assist her walking and surgically-placed a feeding tube directly into her intestine, all of which were medically unnecessary according to state police. When GoFundMe learned about the charges, the removed Noreika's campaign. Noreika has been banned from using the GoFundMe pla…
Pennsylvania Adoptive Mom Sickens Child While Collecting Thousands, State Police Say Pennsylvania Adoptive Mom Sickens Child While Collecting Thousands, State Police Say
Pennsylvania Adoptive Mom Sickens Child While Collecting Thousands, State Police Say A Cumberland County woman is facing felony charges after lying about her adoptive daughter's health and fundraising to allegedly cover the cost of the medical bills, according to court documents. Shelley M. Noreika, 47 of Newville started her deception in 2016, taking her 6-year-old daughter to doctors and making false claims about her health, according to Pennsylvania State Police. During this time the girl was given medicines, medical devices to assist her walking and she had a feeding tube surgically-placed directly into her intestine, all of which were medically unnecessary according…
Adams County DA: Con Artist Scammed At Least 30 Victims Out Of $300K Adams County DA: Con Artist Scammed At Least 30 Victims Out Of $300K
Adams County DA: Con Artist Scammed At Least 30 Victims Out Of $300K A 27-year-old man of Hanover accused of stealing more than $300,000 from victims primarily in Adams County was arrested Friday, Adams County District Attorney on Monday. Michael Hertz's arrest comes after an investigation by the Conewago Township police after multiple men in Adams County say they received bad checks for items and they were scammed into purchases they never received from Hertz, according to the DA. Some of the allegations are: A $7500 check received from Hertz that was denied by a bank A man never received $45,000 in electronics he purchased from Hertz Hertz obtained…
3 Pittsburgh Residents Charged With Stealing $880K+ In Illegally Obtained PUA Funds 3 Pittsburgh Residents Charged With Stealing $880K+ In Illegally Obtained PUA Funds
3 Pittsburgh Residents Charged With Stealing $880K+ In Illegally Obtained PUA Funds Authorities on Monday announced three Pittsburgh residents were charged with stealing more than $800,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance funds. Linda Slade, 51, Dr. Rochelle Oaks, 66, and Keith Brown, 53, were each charged with operating a scheme to apply for PUA funding on behalf of at least 90 people, according to PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro.  Slade and Oaks submitted applications for interested participants, while Brown collected fees from the individuals to pay Oaks, Shapiro said. Slade individually recruited and charged a fee to individuals she contacted through friends …
West Chester Lawyer Facing Up To 23 Years In Prison For Accepting Payments For Incomplete Work West Chester Lawyer Facing Up To 23 Years In Prison For Accepting Payments For Incomplete Work
West Chester Lawyer Facing Up To 23 Years In Prison For Accepting Payments For Incomplete Work A West Chester lawyer and New Jersey native was sentenced to up to 23 years in prison for stealing money from his clients for incomplete work and using the identities of his ex-wife and former mother-in-law to open credit cards and take out loans, authorities announced. Joshua Janis, 40, worked as a lawyer for a West Chester law firm in 2013, and when it was discovered he was stealing money from the firm and its clients, he was fired, according to District Attorney Deb Ryan. He then started his own law practice, where he repeatedly accepted payments from clients for legal work he …
Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief
Feds: Sussex Scammer Used Dead People’s Names To Collect $1.9M In COVID Relief A Sussex County scammer identified people who’d been dead for years as business partners to help collect $1.9 million from the federal fund established to help struggling companies during COVID-19, authorities charged. John Jhong, 51, of Sparta, also submitted phony IRS documents with bogus Paycheck Protection Program applications to the lenders on behalf of 10 purported businesses, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said. Jhong converted a portion of the money intended for distressed businesses into a cashier’s check “that was used to fund a business account,” Honig said. Congress a ye…