The New Jersey Attorney General recently announced the conviction of a cop and his wife based on fraudulent fund applications. Accordingly, an Ocean County jury convicted the pair for stealing about $187,000 by filing false Superstorm Sandy relief fund applications. Indeed, the state’s case included testimony and evidence that the pair filed fraudulent applications for: FEMA assistance, a low-interest SBA disaster-relief loan, and state grants under the Homeowner Resettlement Program (RSP), the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation Program (RREM), and the Sandy Homeowner and Renter Assistance Program (SHRAP) funded by the New Jersey Department of Human Services. Previously employed by the Hoboken Police Department, the jury convicted the cop and his his wife on charges of second-degree conspiracy, second-degree theft by deception, and six counts of fourth-degree unsworn falsification to authorities. Read More
Authorities in New Jersey’s Burlington County recently indicted a former child care center director with theft. Indeed, she was responsible for enrollment and billing, according to a government news release. Additionally, she allegedly told several parents to submit tuition payments to her in cash. Furthermore, she discouraged the use of the school’s online billing system. Moreover, she allegedly stole $65,000 from the school. She took the cash over a period of about 15 months from several families, per the news release. Consequently, the authorities filed an indictment against her for Theft By Failure To Make Required Disposition of Property Received. Read More
