Overcast 50°
Tag:

New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

News
Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud
Atlantic City Councilman In Bigger Trouble Now, Charged By Feds With Voter, Unemployment Fraud An Atlantic City councilman who was accused last year of assaulting his wife and endangering his daughter was busted by federal authorities for voter and unemployment fraud. MD Hossain Morshed, 49, a Democrat who represents the city’s Fourth Ward, was charged in a complaint unsealed Friday, March 17, in U.S. District Court in Camden. Morshed falsified voter registrations, lied to the FBI and filed bogus unemployment benefit claims with the state, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. According to Sellinger, Morshed gave a prospective voter in the June 2019 primary a pre-filled voter regi…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple
FBI, Homeland Security Raid Robbinsville Hindu Temple FBI and Homeland Security agents descended on a Hindu temple in Mercer County on Tuesday. Agents raided BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir at 112 N. Main St. in Robbinsville at about 8 a.m. and are expected to be there the rest of the day, authorities said.  The New York Times reported that the raid is connected to a lawsuit that claims low-caste men have been brought from India to work on the massive temple for about $1 an hour.  Robbinsville police and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office were not involved in the activity. “The FBI is there on court-authorized law enforcement acti…

SHARE

by Jon Craig