2004 News Releases and Charging Documents
12-29-04 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie of the District of New Jersey announced today that the Department of Justice has asked a federal court in Trenton, New Jersey, to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Michael Bojcun, a Trenton resident who allegedly served in the Nazi-sponsored Ukrainian Auxiliary Police ("UAP") during World War II.
Bojcun DOJ News Release (.pdf)
12-22-04 -- NEWARK - Former Hudson County Freeholder William C. Braker was sentenced today to 41 months in federal prison for extorting $3,000 in payments from a county vendor. AUSA Phillip Kwon, 973-645-2742.
12-22-04 -- NEWARK - A former Morris County man today admitted in court that within two weeks of the Sept. 11 terror attacks he fraudulently ran up the stock price of his small company by publicly touting a supposed device that could detect and neutralize chemical and biological agents unleashed by terrorists. AUSAs Robert Kirsch and Craig Carpenito, 973-645-2846, 2891, respectively.
12-21-04 -- NEWARK - Three North Jersey men, including two brothers, pleaded guilty today to running an illegal gambling business. AUSA Ronald D. Wigler, 973-645-2822.
12-20-04 -- TRENTON - A former ordering officer employed at the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) in Lakehurst was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison today for conspiring with a fellow employee and the owner of a Toms River shipping company in a false invoicing scheme that netted them more than $100,000 in cash and luxury items, all paid for by the Navy.
Gerber et al. News Release (.pdf)
12-10-04 -- NEWARK - A former Colombian congressman and medical doctor, who was extradited to the United States, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to launder approximately $806,823 in drug proceeds. AUSA Chris Gramiccioni, 973-645-2700.
12-08-04 -- TRENTON - Herbert Axelrod, the former owner of a Neptune City business that distributed pet products and published pet care books and materials, pleaded guilty today to Count Two of a federal Indictment charging aiding and abetting the filing of a false tax return by the company's former vice president. AUSAs Michael Guadagno and Joan Thomas, 609-989-2354, 0565, respectively.
12-07-04 -- NEWARK - A jury today convicted a Jersey City tax preparer on charges that he used the Social Security numbers and identities of residents of Puerto Rico to file false federal income tax returns on their behalf and kept refunds for himself. AUSA Michael Martinez.
12-06-04 -- TRENTON - A disbarred Beach Haven lawyer was sentenced to the maximum term of 78 months in federal prison today on charges of mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, perjury and tax evasion for his scheme to steal more than $1.4 million from a foundation that he created when representing the estate of a woman who willed all her assets to charity. AUSA Michael A. Guadagno, 609-989-2354.
12-01-04 -- TRENTON - After 15 minutes of deliberations, a federal jury convicted a Tinton Falls couple of conspiracy and false distress in their scheme to report the husband's fake drowning at a Long Branch beach for the purpose of collecting on a $1 million life insurance policy. AUSA Lee D. Rudy, 609-989-2020.
Nicholson et. al. News Release
12-01-04 -- NEWARK -- A promoter of Russian entertainment pleaded guilty today to conspiring to force Russian women to dance in New Jersey strip clubs and extorting exorbitant fees from them for their work. AUSA Leslie F. Schwartz, 973-645-3986.
11-30-04 -- CAMDEN - A major Camden narcotics wholesale supplier was convicted by a federal jury today on two counts against him, closing the book on an organization that peddled drugs and protected its operations by threats and violence. AUSAs Kevin T. Smith and Jason Richardson, 856-968-4928, 4869, respectively.
11-30-04 -- NEWARK - Two Clifton brothers involved in a credit card fraud conspiracy were sentenced to prison for recruiting employees of Bergen County restaurants to steal credit card numbers of unsuspecting patrons. AUSA Robert A. Kirsch, 973-645-2846.
11-29-04 -- CAMDEN - A prominent real estate developer was convicted by a federal jury today in a scheme where he made numerous misrepresentations to financial institutions to fraudulently obtain more than $36 million in loans - all of which went into default - for business projects and personal property. AUSAs Thomas S. DiLeonardo and R. Joseph Gribko, 856-757-5231, 973-645-2765, respectively.
11-23-04 -- NEWARK - The federal government today filed a lawsuit against a Bayonne scrap and recycling company seeking a court order to have a former Staten Island ferry removed from the waters of the Kill Van Kull, where the sunken hull potentially threatens shipping and recreational boating in the channel, one of the world's busiest waterways. AUSA Neil R. Gallagher, 973-645-2835.
11-19-04 -- NEWARK - An Oceanport man was arrested today on a one-count Indictment charging him with obstructing an investigation being conducted by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. AUSAs Michael A. Hammer and Scott A. Resnik, 973-645-2771, 2737, respectively.
11-16-04 -- NEWARK -- Three former executives of Medi-Hut Co., Inc., including the chief executive officer, were sentenced today to federal prison terms ranging from 42 months to 46 months for an accounting fraud conspiracy that, once revealed, decimated the Lakewood, N.J.-based company's stock price. AUSA Robert Kirsch, 973-645-2846.
Medi-Hut Co., Inc. News Release (.pdf)
11-15-04 -- NEWARK -- Rene Avila, publisher of the weekly Spanish-language newspaper Avance, was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion. AUSA Matthew Boxer, 973-645-2764.
11-15-04 -- TRENTON -- A Monmouth County real estate lawyer was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for his role in a mortgage fraud conspiracy which defrauded the federal government of more than $500,000. AUSA Robert Kirsch, 973-645-2846.
11-12-04 -- TRENTON - Herbert Axelrod, the former owner of a Neptune City business that distributed pet products and published pet care books and materials, was arraigned on Count Two of a federal Indictment today charging aiding and abetting the filing of a false tax return by the company's former vice president. AUSAs Michael Guadagno and Joan Thomas, 609-989-2354, 0565, respectively.
11-08-04 -- NEWARK - A member of the burglary ring that became known as the "James Bond Gang" pleaded guilty today in federal court, admitting his involvement in more than two dozen burglaries of upscale homes in several New Jersey counties and New York. AUSA Aidan P. O'Connor, 973-645-6546.
11-04-04 -- NEWARK - A federal jury today convicted two former labor union officers in an embezzlement scheme against Local 148 of the Novelty and Production Workers Union in Jersey City. AUSAs V. Grady O'Malley and Anthony Moscato, 973-645-2725, 2752, respectively.
10-29-04 -- NEWARK - A Marlboro official was arrested this morning on an Indictment charging him with offering corrupt payments to officials in two townships, possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon and filing false federal income tax returns. AUSAs Michael A. Hammer and Scott A. Resnik, 973-645-2771, 2737, respectively.
10-28-04 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie today announced the indictment of 19 individuals who are alleged to have founded, moderated and operated "www.shadowcrew.com" - one of the largest illegal online centers for trafficking in stolen identity information and documents, as well as stolen credit and debit card numbers.
Operation Firewall DOJ News Release (.pdf)
Operation Firewall Indictment (.pdf)
10-28-04 -- NEWARK - The former deputy registrar of the Hudson County Office of Vital Statistics pleaded guilty today to conspiring to illegally transfer Hudson County birth certificates. AUSAs Phillip H. Kwon and Joyce M. Malliet, 973-645-2742, 2876, respectively.
10-28-04 -- NEWARK - The co-owners of a formerly Woodbridge-based telemarketing company were arrested today in Florida on an Indictment charging them with conspiring to steal a telemarketing list from an Edison-based competitor with the names and telephone numbers of millions of potential fund-raising contacts. AUSA Stacey Levine, 973-645-2760.
Ferreira et al. Indictment (.pdf)
10-27-04 -- TRENTON - U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie announced today that his office has established an Election Day Hotline to receive and respond to reports of election irregularities, voter intimidation or any other activities that would interfere with a citizen's right to vote throughout Election Day. Contact: Public Affairs Office, 973-645-2888.
Election Day Hotline News Release
10-27-04 -- TRENTON - A Social Security Administration employee was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison today for illegally selling Social Security cards to illegal aliens. AUSA Norv McAndrew, 609-989-2190.
10-25-04 -- NEWARK - A former human resources manager admitted today that she defrauded the company at which she once worked of more than $350,000 and that she committed tax evasion for the year 1999. AUSA Bohdan Vitvitsky, 973-645-2879.
10-25-04 -- TRENTON - A Brick Township man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison today for committing mail fraud while fraudulently inducing people to invest in his companies that purported to market and sell "hurricane straps" to hold down homes, boats and other large things of value. AUSA Michael A. Guadagno, 609-989-2354.
10-25-04 -- NEWARK - Another employee of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission pleaded guilty today, admitting that she conspired to unlawfully produce driver's licenses for which she received up to $150 each. AUSA Brian R. Howe, 973-645-2853.
10-22-04 -- CAMDEN - William Oscar Harris was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison today for operating an organization that passed more than $17 million worth of fictitious money orders that appeared to be issued by the federal government. AUSA R. Stephen Stigall and Lee D. Rudy, 856-757-5031 and 609-989-2020.
10-21-04 -- TRENTON - A Phoenixville man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for traveling from Pennsylvania to New Jersey for the purpose of having sex with an individual he believed was a thirteen year-old girl he met through an Internet site advertised to be "The World's Largest Sex and Swinger Personal Site. AUSA Lee D. Rudy, 609-989-2020.
10-21-04 -- NEWARK - Hudson County waterfront developer Joseph Barry was sentenced today to 25 months in prison for making cash payments totaling $114,900 to former county Executive Robert Janiszewski, in connection with federal and state funding for the Barry company's Shipyard project in Hoboken. AUSA Deborah Goldklang, 973-645-2729.
10-19-04 -- NEWARK – Nineteen members and associates of the "Double II" set of the Bloods street gang and their Ohio gun supplier were charged today in an expansive racketeering Indictment with five murders, 14 attempted murders, seven murder conspiracies plus numerous aggravated assaults, armed robberies, arson, firearms offenses and a three-year heroin distribution conspiracy. Contact: Press Office, 973-645-2888.
Double II Superseding Indictment (.pdf)
10-18-04 --TRENTON - Two North Jersey men pleaded guilty today - and six others have as well over the last two weeks - to conducting illegal gambling businesses. AUSAs Leslie Schwartz and Andrew Kogan, 973-645-3986, 2754, respectively.
10-15-04 -- NEWARK - Two Irvington men who pleaded guilty today were among five altogether who admitted guilt this week, in a scheme to steal personal and confidential credit report profiles of approximately 3,774 customers of Weichert Financial Services, Inc., of Morris Plains, affiliated with Weichert Realty. AUSA Robert Kirsch, 973-645-2846.
10-15-04 -- NEWARK, N.J. - Five New York business owners pleaded guilty today to failing to report over $750,000 in income they received as part of a tax evasion scheme involving the cashing of fraudulent corporate checks. AUSA Deborah J. Gannett, 973-645-2781.
10-15-04 -- NEWARK - A temporary employee was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $446,000 from his former employer, Tilcon New York, Inc. AUSA Robert Kirsch, 973-645-2846.
10-14-04 -- NEWARK - The jailed leader of the Bloods "Sex, Money, Murder - 252" street gang was indicted today and charged with running a racketeering enterprise that controlled parts of Jersey City through drug trafficking and violence, including armed robbery, murder conspiracy and attempted murder, assault and witness intimidation. AUSAs Karl H. Buch and Marc Agnifilo, 973-645-2779.
Thompson et al. Indictment (.pdf)
10-07-04 -- NEWARK - A New Jersey Internet stock promoter was indicted today for failing to disclose his compensation while touting Global Datatel, Inc. to the investing public, contrary to federal securities laws. AUSA Mauro Wolfe, 973-645-2825.
10-07-04 -- NEWARK - A former accountant at Wellesley Services, LLC, the now-defunct company operated by convicted Bergen County con-man Thomas Giacomaro, pleaded guilty today, admitting that he assisted in funneling millions of dollars in investor money to Giacomaro and other co-conspirators while concealing these expenditures in Wellesley's books as purported legitimate "business expenses. AUSAs Michael Buchanan, Luis Valentin & Rachael Hill, 973-645-2778, 2708, 2777, respectively.
10-07-04 -- NEWARK - Four North Jersey men, including a father and two of his sons, were arrested today and charged in an Indictment with running an illegal gambling business. AUSA Ronald D. Wigler, 973-645-2822.
10-06-04 -- NEWARK - An East Orange man was convicted today after a week-long trial of illegally trafficking 86 semi-automatic handguns from Colorado to Newark for members of the Bloods street gang. AUSA Richard E. Constable III, 973-645-2719.
10-05-04 -- NEWARK, N.J. - Nine men from across New Jersey were charged and/or arrested today, accused of downloading and possessing child pornography from the Internet - the latest in a string of domestic and international developments flowing from the prosecution of a Belarus-based child pornography enterprise, its owners, affiliates and hundreds of subscribers worldwide. Contact: Michael Drewniak, PIO, 973-645-2888.
09-30-04 -- Department of Justice Awards $3.5 Million to New Jersey for President's DNA Initiative and Crime-Solving Forensic Services.
09-29-04 --NEWARK - Former Hoboken mayor Anthony J. Russo pleaded guilty today, admitting that he took thousands of dollars in cash from the owner of a city accounting firm in exchange for Russo's influence in awarding contracts to the firm. AUSAs Luis A. Valentin and Ralph J. Marra, Jr., 973-645-2708.
09-29-04 -- NEWARK - A federal judge determined today that the International Boxing Federation, the only major professional boxing sanctioning organization in the country, no longer requires court supervision. AUSA Michael A. Chagares, 973-645-2839.
09-28-04 -- TRENTON - A former investment advisor was sentenced today to 50 months in federal prison for embezzling $3.3 million from client investment accounts and evading more than $900,000 in federal income taxes. AUSA Scott A. Christie, 973-645-2884.
09-24-04 -- TRENTON - The former executive director of the Mercer County Improvement Authority pleaded guilty today to participating in a mail fraud scheme with Harry G. Parkin, the former chief of staff to the Mercer County Executive, and to conspiring with Alex Abdalla to bribe a Ewing Township official. AUSAs David Bocian and Jeffrey S. Chiesa, 609-989-2399, 973-645-2515, respectively.
09-23-04 -- NEWARK - Two employees of the New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commission were arrested today on federal Indictments charging each with conspiring to unlawfully produce driver's licenses. AUSA Brian R. Howe, 973-645-2853.
09-21-04 -- TRENTON - A federal jury today found a New York lawyer guilty of conspiring with others in a New Jersey/New York money laundering ring that wire transferred more than $12 million in drug proceeds to Colombian drug cartels. AUSAs William E. Fitzpatrick and Eric M. Schweiker, 856-757-5030 and 609-989-0566, respectively.
09-21-04 -- NEWARK - Frank J. Cozzarelli, a Belleville lawyer, has been indicted for tax evasion and filing false federal income tax returns for the years 1996 and 1997. AUSA James B. Nobile, 973-645-2766.
09-15-04 -- NEWARK - A New Jersey political fundraiser pleaded guilty today, admitting that he solicited and accepted $40,000 in cash and political contributions from a Piscataway farm owner to influence state and county officials to offer a favorable price to preserve the farmland. Contact: Michael Drewniak, PIO, 973-645-2888.
09-15-04 -- NEWARK -- An owner of a driving school in Harrison pleaded guilty today to conspiring with employees of the Division of Motor Vehicle Services to provide illegal aliens with driver's licenses, admitting that he received up to $2,000 per bogus license. AUSA Brian R. Howe, 973-645-2853.
09-10-04 -- NEWARK -- An Indian national and businessman pleaded guilty today to his role in the transfer of $86,500 that was used as the payment on the sale of a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile. Contact: Michael Drewniak, PIO, 973-645-2888.
09-08-04 -- CAMDEN - Another employee of the state Motor Vehicles Commission pleaded guilty today, admitting that she conspired to produce hundreds of fraudulent driver's licenses for which she received $300 each. AUSA Brian Howe, 973-645-2853.
08-25-04 -- TRENTON - A former ordering officer employed at the Naval Air Warfare Center in Lakehurst admitted today to conspiring with a fellow employee and the owner of a Toms River shipping company in an elaborate false invoicing scheme that netted them more than $100,000 in cash and luxury items, all paid for by the Navy. AUSA Michael A. Guadagno, 609-989-2354.
Gerber et. al. Information (.pdf)
08-24-04 -- NEWARK - A Rhode Island company in the business of extracting precious metals from scrap and manufacturing processes admitted today that it under-reported the content of reclaimed precious metals in a scheme to defraud its customers. AUSA Michele Brown, 973-645-2905.
08-20-04 -- NEWARK - A South Plainfield man admitted today that he fraudulently brought more than 25 Indian nationals into the United States. AUSA Mitchell Epner, 973-645-2753.
Patel Original Criminal Complaint (.pdf)
08-19-04 -- TRENTON - A Tinton Falls couple was indicted today in connection with their scheme to report a fake drowning at a Long Branch beach for the purpose of collecting on a $1 million life insurance policy. AUSA Karl H. Buch, 973-645-2779.
Nicholson et. al. News Release
08-18-04 -- NEWARK - A Kinnelon, New Jersey man alleged to have reaped millions of dollars through securities fraud and insider trading in connection with the sale of Sam Goody Stores to Best Buy Company, Inc. in 2001 was indicted today. AUSA John M. Vazquez and Special AUSA Craig Carpenito, 973-645-2903, 2891, respectively.
Teo, et. al. Indictment (.pdf)
08-18-04 -- NEWARK - Real estate developer and political contributor Charles Kushner pleaded guilty today to 16 counts of assisting in the filing of false tax returns, one count of retaliating against a cooperating witness and one count of making false statements to the Federal Election Commission. AUSAs Ralph J. Marra, Jr. and Scott A. Resnik, 973-645-2773, 2737, respectively.
08-17-04 -- CAMDEN - Saul " Gordo" Febo and Wilson "Chill Will" Torres were sentenced today to federal prison terms in connection with their roles in the Rivera drug gang that distributed cocaine at multiple locations in Camden. AUSA Kevin T. Smith, 856-968-4928.
08-16-04 -- NEWARK - Jean Pierre Collardeau, the former president Pro Net Link Corporation, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with at least 12 other individuals to engage in an elaborate scheme to defraud investors of over $20 million. AUSA Mauro Wolfe, 973-645-2825.
08-12-04 -- NEWARK - A New Jersey couple was charged in a 14-count Indictment today with defrauding the clients of Ultimate Chasers International (UCI), the couple's Jersey City-based unincorporated company. AUSA Mauro Wolfe, 973-645-2825.
08-12-04 -- CAMDEN - A Pleasantville man was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison today for manufacturing counterfeit $10 and $20 Federal Reserve Notes with a total face value of approximately $5,000. AUSA Howard Wiener, 856-968-4926.
08-11-04 -- NEWARK - Two Newark men, alleged to be part of a gang of individuals who committed armed robberies of check-cashing stores in Englewood, Parsippany and South River, were indicted today. AUSA Richard E. Constable III, 973-645-2719.
08-06-04 -- NEWARK - A Connecticut-based shipping company that transports petroleum products in the United States and abroad was sentenced to pay $4.2 million for illegally concealing the dumping of thousands of gallons of waste oil and sludge at sea. DOJ Press Office, 202-514-2007.
08-04-04 -- NEWARK - Hudson County businessman Rene Abreu was convicted today by a jury of 20 of 28 counts against him for running a series of real estate and bank fraud schemes that enriched him and his companies and involved numerous of his employees.
08-04-04 -- NEWARK - A Mexican national, Colombian national and a Connecticut man were indicted today, charged with conspiring to import more than two tons of cocaine from Mexico to New Jersey early this year. AUSA Marion Percell, 973-645-2733.
Jaramillo et al. Indictment (.pdf)
Jaramillo Criminal Complaint (.pdf)
07-29-04 -- CAMDEN - The president of a Mount Laurel company and his wife were arraigned on a 46-count Indictment unsealed today, charging that they used their business to illegally export sensitive national-security controlled items to state-sponsored research institutes and factories within the People's Republic of China. AUSA Judith H. Germano, 973-645-2885.
07-29-04 -- NEWARK - A former assistant administrator with the Perth Amboy Housing Authority was arrested today on an Indictment charging her with embezzling more than $400,000 in federal housing subsidies. AUSA Michael A. Hammer Jr., 973-645-2771.
07-19-04 -- NEWARK - Paul Byrne, once a close associate of former Hudson County Executive Robert Janiszewski, pleaded guilty today, admitting that he acted as an intermediary in passing cash payments to Janiszewski in return for government action on renewal of county contracts with the Lisa & Associates accounting firm. AUSAs Jeffrey Clark and Deborah Goldklang, 973-645-2772, 2729 respectively.
07-16-04 -- TRENTON - An employee of the U.S. Social Security Administration Office in Trenton and two middlemen pleaded guilty today to Informations charging that they illegally sold genuine social security cards to illegal aliens. AUSA Norville McAndrew, 856-989-0569.
07-15-04 -- NEWARK - A restaurant owner was sentenced today to five months in prison for purchasing hundreds of U.S. Postal money orders at Morris County post offices and depositing them in brokerage accounts for the purpose of evading income taxes. AUSA Sherry Hutchins-Henderson, 973-645-2723.
07-13-04 -- NEWARK, N.J. - Real estate developer and major political fundraiser Charles Kushner was charged in a criminal Complaint today with conspiracy, obstruction of the federal investigation of him and his companies, and with interstate promotion of prostitution. Michael Drewniak, PIO, 973-645-2888.
Kushner Criminal Complaint (.pdf)
07-12-04 -- TRENTON - The owner of an armored car and ATM servicing company was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison today for his convictions on charges of wire and bank fraud, cash structuring and tax evasion. AUSAs Norv McAndrew and Marc-Philip Ferzan, 609-989-0569 and 856-968-4864, respectively.
07-06-04 -- NEWARK - A New Jersey political fundraiser was indicted today on extortion charges for allegedly demanding and accepting $40,000 in political contributions and cash from a Piscataway farm owner to influence state and county officials to more than double an offer to preserve the farmland. Michael Drewniak, PIO, 973-645-2888.
07-01-04 -- CAMDEN - Seven officers and employees of two Mount Laurel companies were arrested today on charges that they used their businesses to illegally transfer sensitive national-security controlled items to state-sponsored research institutes within the People's Republic of China. AUSA Judith H. Germano, 973-645-2885.
Manten Criminal Complaint (.pdf)
06-30-04 -- NEWARK - A special operation inspector with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service) pleaded guilty today to accepting a bribes in exchange for providing illegal aliens with immigration documents and passport stamps and smuggling Indian nationals into the United States through Newark Liberty International Airport. AUSA Scott A. Resnik, 973-645-2737.
06-29-04 -- NEWARK - Sitting Hudson County Freeholder William C. Braker pleaded guilty today - just as jury selection was to begin in his corruption trial - to extorting $3,000 in payments from a county vendor. AUSAs Jeffrey D. Clark and Phillip Kwon, 973-645-2772, 2742, respectively.
06-29-04 -- CAMDEN - A Parsippany man pleaded guilty today to his role in making and using counterfeit $100 bills. AUSA Richard E. Constable III, 973-645-2719.
06-28-04 -- NEWARK - The former chief financial officer of a Fairfield, N.J.-based company pleaded guilty today to insider trading, admitting that he sold company stock while he was aware of certain negative information about the company's financial condition that was not available to the investing public. AUSA Charles B. McKenna, 973-645-2716.
06-25-04 -- NEWARK, N.J. - A Palisades Park restauranteur was indicted today in a murder for hire scheme to lure his American fiancee to India where she was killed. AUSA Deborah J. Gannett, 973-645-2781.
Desai et al. Indictment (.pdf)
06-23-04 -- NEWARK - East Orange Councilman Zachary V. Turner was indicted today on new extortion charges outlined in a 17-count Superseding Indictment. AUSAs Phillip Kwon and Nelson S.T. Thayer, Jr., 973-645-2742, 2743, respectively.
Turner Superseding Indictment (.pdf)
06-22-04 --NEWARK - A criminal Complaint was unsealed today against a Texas aircraft parts exporter who allegedly attempted to unlawfully export from the United States components of the F14 Tomcat fighter aircraft destined for Iran. AUSA Scott S. Christie, 973-645-2884.
06-22-04 -- NEWARK - Hudson County waterfront developer Joseph Barry pleaded guilty today to making cash payments totaling $114,900 to former county Executive Robert Janiszewski, in connection with federal and state funding for the Barry company's Shipyard project in Hoboken. AUSAs Jeffrey Clark and Deborah Goldklang, 973-645-2772, 2729, respectively.
06-21-04 -- NEWARK - The former acting chief financial officer and director of finance for Irvington Township was indicted today for filing false federal income tax returns for 1995 through 1998. AUSA James B. Nobile, 973-645-2766.
06-18-04 -- NEWARK - A scientist pleaded guilty today to defrauding the United States in connection with research grants he applied for and received for his company as well as to tax evasion. AUSA Mark Winston, 973-645-2874.
06-16-04 -- Fugitive Herbert Axelrod of Deal, N.J. has been arrested in Germany.
06-14-04 -- NEWARK - A Ridgefield contractor was sentenced today to three months in prison for making corrupt payments to numerous North Bergen public officials as part of a scheme to defraud the township, its Municipal Utilities Authority and its citizens. AUSAs Jeffrey D. Clark and Phillip Kwon, 973-645-2772, 973-645-2742, respectively.
06-14-04 -- TRENTON - The former owner of the River City Café was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison today for his part in a scheme to defraud two businesses of more than $1 million. AUSA Michael A. Guadagno, 609-989-2354.
06-09-04 -- Five Continental Airlines employees were arrested yesterday and today after being charged in a criminal complaint with conspiring in the importation of large quantities of cocaine through Newark Liberty International Airport and transport of suitcases of cash out of the country via the airport. The employees -- as well as a sixth still being sought -- traveled to and from Miami, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to import the drugs and export the cash, using their positions to bypass customs inspection of baggage containing the contraband. Below is a link to the criminal complaint. The five arrested defendants -- Martinez, Ramirez, Urena, Reynoso and Roman -- all were ordered held without bail at initial appearances today in federal court in Newark before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Falk. Defendants Ramirez, Urena, Reynoso and Roman were each arrested at the airport. Contact: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Brett Dreyer -- 973-776-5527
Martinez et al. Criminal Complaint (.pdf)
06-08-04 -- NEWARK - A sports memorabilia dealer was sentenced today to four months in prison for tax fraud in connection with a former Major League Baseball umpire's authentication of hundreds of baseballs that the umpire falsely represented had been used in notable games, such as Cal Ripken Jr.'s tying and breaking of Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played. AUSA John Vazquez, 973-645-2903.
06-08-04 -- NEWARK - Another employee of the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicle Services pleaded guilty today to conspiring to unlawfully produce driver's licenses, admitting that she received $100 per bogus license. AUSA Brian Howe, 973-645-2853.
06-03-04 -- TRENTON - A Princeton man pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to defraud the Mercer County Improvement Authority in connection with a demolition project in Trenton and to filing false individual tax returns for tax year 1997. AUSA David Bocian, 609-989-2399.
06-03-04 -- NEWARK - Former Major League Baseball umpire Alan M. Clark was sentenced today to four months in prison plus four months of house arrest in connection with the authentication of hundreds of baseballs that he falsely represented had been used in notable games he umpired, such as Cal Ripken Jr.'s tying and breaking of Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played. AUSA John Vazquez, 973-645-2903.
06-02-04 -- TRENTON - A Washington Township, Mercer County, man pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to defraud the Mercer County Improvement Authority of approximately $100,000 in connection with a demolition project in Trenton and to conspiring to bribe a Ewing Township official to use his official influence to steer a private demolition contract in Ewing Township. AUSA Treby Williams, 609-989-0566.
05-27-04 -- TRENTON - A purchasing manager for a New York seafood distributor pleaded guilty today to an Information charging tax evasion in connection with his scheme to have three Massachusetts seafood suppliers pay him kickbacks in exchange for wholesale purchases. AUSA Joan Thomas, 609-989-0565.
05-27-04 -- NEWARK - Another employee of the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicle Services pleaded guilty today to conspiring to unlawfully produce driver's licenses, admitting that she received between $100 and $150 per bogus license. AUSA Brian R. Howe, 973-645-2853.
05-26-04 -- CAMDEN -- A Moorestown businessman pleaded guilty today to a wire fraud charge arising out of his scheme to defraud several lending institutions of approximately $6.5 million by obtaining fraudulent mortgages through the use of his title insurance agency. AUSA Thomas DiLeonardo, 856-757-5231.
05-26-04 -- NEWARK, N.J. -- A militant animal rights organization and seven of its members have been charged in a federal indictment - and all were arrested today - in connection with their campaign to terrorize officers, employees and shareholders of a company that used animals for laboratory research and testing. AUSAs Charles B. McKenna and Ricardo Solano, 973-645-2716, 973-645-2724, respectively.
05-25-04 -- CAMDEN - An East Orange Post Office supervisor pleaded guilty today to causing the deaths of his two young sons when he left them inside his parked SUV last August outside the post office. AUSA Deborah J. Gannett, 973-645-2781.
05-24-04 -- NEWARK - A former Jersey City Police detective was sentenced today to 13 months in prison for extorting the owner of an illegal gambling business in Jersey City. AUSA Deborah Goldklang, 973-645-2729.
05-21-04 -- CAMDEN - A Thai national was sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison today for conspiring to transport illegal Thai women within the United States for the purpose of engaging in prostitution and for attempting to hire a hit man to murder a Special Agent of the FBI after his arrest. AUSA Aidan P. O'Connor, 973-645-6546.
05-19-04 -- NEWARK - A Mays Landing couple who own and operate a trucking business surrendered to federal authorities today on charges that they conspired to falsify trucker logbooks to conceal that drivers exceeded the maximum allowable number of daily driving hours. AUSA Anthony Moscato, 973-645-2752.
Diffenderfer et al. News Release
05-19-04 -- CAMDEN, NJ - Federal authorities today executed a civil warrant to seize radio equipment used by a group known as the Moors, effectively closing an unlicenced radio station. AUSA Michael A. Chagares, 973-645-2839.
05-13-04 -- NEWARK, N.J. - A former truck driver from New Jersey who falsely claimed to have been injured and permanently disabled in the terror attack on the World Trade Center was charged today with making fraudulent personal injury claims to the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. AUSA Eric Jaso, 973-645-2871.
05-11-04 -- TRENTON - The owner of an Iselin freight bill-processing company pleaded guilty Monday to siphoning nearly $80 million from clients and using $10 million to fund a minority ownership in the New Jersey Devils professional hockey team. AUSA Lorraine Gerson, 973-645-2789.
05-03-04 -- NEWARK -- Connections USA, Inc, a Florida-based company providing credit card billing services in a global Internet child pornography and money laundering scheme involving thousands of paid memberships to some 50 pornography websites, pleaded guilty today to money laundering. AUSA Carlos Ortiz, 973-645-2768.
04-24-04 -- NEWARK -- A senior inspector with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (formerly U.S. Customs Service) pleaded guilty today to accepting a bribe from an individual who was smuggling Indian nationals into the United States through Newark Liberty International Airport. AUSA Scott Resnik, 973-645-2737.
04-22-04 -- CAMDEN-- An Atlantic City Tax Collector was arrested today and indicted with his wife on federal charges that they used his official position to arrange the robbery of city tax receipts and for attempting to bribe a West Cape May official in connection with sewer contracts. AUSA Renee Bumb, 856-757-5114.
04-22-04 -- NEWARK -- Two former shareholders and principals of restaurants in Ramsey, New Jersey and Orangeburg, New York were each sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to evade approximately $835,800 in payroll and sales taxes between 1993 and 2000. AUSA Lorraine Gerson, 973-645-2789.
04-21-04 -- NEWARK -- A Jamaican national pleaded guilty today to engaging in a scheme to defraud his former employer, Tilcon New York, Inc. of more than $446,000. AUSA Robert Kirsch, 973-645-2846.
04-20-04 -- NEWARK -- An Indian national pleaded guilty today to his role in the attempted transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars for the planned purchase by a British arms dealer of 50 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. Contact Press Office, 973-645-2888.
04-20-04 -- NEWARK -- An Orange, Conn. man pleaded guilty today to defrauding at least three Atlantic City casinos out of at least $74,000. AUSA Mauro Wolfe, 973-645-2825.
04-19-04 -- TRENTON -- A Trenton man pleaded guilty today to his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Mercer County Improvement Authority by submitting a false statement in connection with the performance of a demolition project contract in Trenton. AUSA Treby Williams, 609-989-0566.
04-15-04 -- CAMDEN -- The leader of a notorious drug-trafficking gang that peddled heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine and protected its operations by threats and violence pleaded guilty today to his role in the conspiracy. AUSA Kevin T. Smith, 856-968-4929.
04-14-04 -- CAMDEN -- A federal judge today released an order revoking the U.S. citizenship of a Cape May County man who admitted serving during World War II as an armed guard at three Nazi slave labor camps and concealing that service before immigrating to the United States.
Statement of Undisputed Facts (.pdf)
04-13-04 -- TRENTON -- The former owner of a Neptune City business that distributed pet products and published pet care books and materials was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and aiding and abetting the filing of a false tax return by the company's former vice president. AUSAs Michael Guadagno, 609-989-2354, and Joan Thomas, 609-989-0565.
04-12-04 -- CAMDEN - Three high-ranking members of a May Landing organization named The Restored Israel of YAHWEH were arrested today on a federal Indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the United States, evasion of federal employment taxes, and failure to file individual income tax returns. AUSA Thomas DiLeonardo, 856-757-5231.
04-07-04 -- TRENTON - A Trenton tax preparer was arrested today on charges of aiding in the preparation of false individual tax returns. AUSA Lee D. Rudy, 609-989-2020.
04-07-04 -- CAMDEN - The owner of an Edison-based consulting business pleaded guilty today to devising a scheme to evade federal taxes by creating false business deductions. AUSA Ronald Chillemi, 856-757-5232.
04-06-04 -- NEWARK -- An illegal alien from Jordan was sentenced today to nine years in prison for recruiting dozens of others to commit fraudulent credit card "bust outs" in New Jersey over a seven-year span ending in mid-June 2002. AUSA Robert Kirsch, 973-645-2846.
04-05-04 -- NEWARK -- A federal jury today convicted a certified public accountant of conspiring with the management of the collapsed Millburn securities brokerage firm First Interregional Equity Corp. to obstruct the collection of income taxes, for assisting in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return, and for perjury in connection with Trustee depositions. AUSAs Amy Winkelman and Joyce M. Malliet, 973-645-2906, 2876.
04-05-04 -- NEWARK -- A Newark woman surrendered to IRS agents today after being charged in an Indictment with providing up to 500 Newark-area individuals with false W-2 Forms as part of a scheme to generate false tax refunds of thousands of dollars for each tax return. AUSA Mitchell Epner, 973-645-2753.
04-02-04 -- CAMDEN -- A federal inmate was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for threatening to kill U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. AUSA, Jacqueline Carle, 856-968-4867.
04-01-04 -- NEWARK - CMC Electronics (CMCE), a large Canadian electronics company in Montreal, today agreed to pay the government $9.6 million to settle allegations that it improperly sold used and surplus parts to the Army for support of the Patriot Missile program in Saudi Arabia after the 1991 Gulf War. AUSA James B. Clark III, 973-645-6548.
03-31-04 -- TRENTON -- A disbarred Beach Haven lawyer pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, perjury and tax evasion charges in connection with his scheme to steal more than $1.4 million from a charitable foundation that he created when he represented the estate of a woman who willed all of her assets to charity. AUSA Michael Guadagno, 609-989-2354.
03-31-04 -- NEWARK -- The FBI today arrested 17 individuals charged in a massive odometer rollback scheme involving thousands of vehicles. Initial appearances for the defendants began today at 2 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Falk in the Post Office and Federal Court building in Newark (the "old" courthouse). U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie and FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph Billy Jr. will be available outside the courthouse afterward.
03-30-04 -- NEWARK -- A New York jeweler and money remitter pleaded guilty today to his role in the transfer of $30,000 that was used - without his knowledge - as the down payment on the sale of a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile. Contact pess office: 973-645-2888.
03-25-04 -- CAMDEN -- An operator of a brothel and Atlantic City prostitution ring and a Malaysian man who recruited women to travel to the United States for prostitution purposes - as well as six casino hosts and marketing personnel - were arrested and charged today in a conspiracy to arrange prostitution services for casino customers. AUSA Jason Richardson, 856-968-4869.
Dinh Superseding Indictment (.pdf)
03-25-04 -- NEWARK -- East Orange Councilman Zachary V. Turner was arrested today, along with an associate, Barry Turner, on charges that they extorted a $20,000 cash payment from someone who had purchased real estate previously owned by the city. AUSAs Phillip Kwon and Nelson S.T. Thayer, Jr., 973-645-2742, 973-645-2743 respectively.
03-23-04 -- CAMDEN - A Superseding Indictment returned today charges a prominent Ocean City developer with eight new fraud counts for numerous misrepresentations to financial institutions in getting more than $36 million in loans - most of which went into default - for business projects and personal property. AUSA Thomas DiLeonardo, 856-757-5231.
03-22-04 -- WILMINGTON, Del. -- Michael E. Harkins pleaded guilty today to an Information charging two felonies relating to his conduct as Executive Director of the Delaware River & Bay Authority (DRBA). AUSAs Richard G. Andrews, 302-573-6197, and Renee M. Bumb, 856-757-5114.
03-22-04 -- TRENTON -- The former assistant to a bank executive was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for committing mail fraud and tax evasion in connection with embezzling more than $5 million from her former employer's personal accounts. AUSA Stuart Rabner, 973-645-6053.
03-22-04 -- NEWARK -- A loan officer at a Ramsey branch of Commerce Bank pleaded guilty today to committing $578,000 in loan fraud by approving loans to phantom customers, one dead person, her mother in Egypt and other individuals. AUSA Scott Resnik, 973-645-2737.
03-18-04 -- TRENTON -- A former manager of information systems for American Credit Alliance, Inc. was indicted today for embezzling nearly $600,000 from the Trenton based not-for-profit debt consolidation company. AUSA Lee D. Rudy, 609-989-2020.
03-11-04 -- TRENTON -- Harry G. Parkin, former Chief of Staff of the Mercer County Executive's Office and former member of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, today was charged in a federal Indictment with corruptly using his official position to protect and advance his concealed financial interests in a recycling company that contracted with the Mercer County Improvement Authority (MCIA). AUSAs Treby Williams and Jeffrey S. Chiesa, 609-989-0566.
03-10-04 -- NEWARK -- A Superseding Indictment returned today alleges that an East Orange man charged last year with unlawfully purchasing 86 handguns from dealers in Colorado conspired with a member of the "Sex, Money, Murder" set of the Bloods street gang to buy and distribute the guns in New Jersey. AUSA Richard E. Constable III, 973-645-2719.
03-03-04 -- NEWARK -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, among the world's largest operators of clinical diagnostic laboratories with corporate headquarters in Teterboro, N.J., today agreed to pay the government $11.35 million to settle allegations that one of its subsidiaries and two of its predecessor companies defrauded the United States by failing to properly bill Medicare and performing medically unnecessary tests at several of its laboratories across the country. AUSAs Michael A. Chagares and Stuart A. Minkowitz, 973-645-2839, 973-645-2925, respectively.
03-01-04 -- NEWARK -- A former postal worker was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison today for conspiring to steal private citizens' personal checks from the mail and then selling them to the ringleader of a crew that used those checks to purchase expensive electronic equipment. AUSAs William Devaney and Kevin Walsh, 973-645-2909.
02-27-04 -- CAMDEN -- An unemployed Sewell man was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison today for defrauding eBay bidders of $42,000 through online auctions of music and sporting event tickets and for cashing $53,000 worth of personal checks contained in stolen mail. AUSA Scott S. Christie, 973-645-2884.
02-24-04 -- NEWARK -- An associate of convicted Bergen County con-man Thomas Giacomaro pleaded guilty today, admitting that investors' money from two Giacomaro-controlled companies was used to buy a home for him and his family. AUSAs Michael F. Buchanan, Luis A. Valentin and Rachael A. Hill, 973-645-2778, 2708, 2777, respectively.
02-23-04 -- NEWARK -- A former Major League Baseball umpire pleaded guilty today to fraud charges in connection with the authentication of hundreds of baseballs that he falsely represented had been used in notable games he umpired, such as Cal Ripken Jr.'s tying and breaking of Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played. AUSA William Devaney, 973-645-2713.
02-18-04 -- CAMDEN -- A Vineland man appeared in federal court today on a criminal Complaint charging him with mailing a threat to kill President Bush and others by suicide bomber and to destroy the Wisconsin offices of the J.C. Penny Corporation. AUSA Stephen Stigall, 856-757-5031.
02-18-04 -- TRENTON -- Former Ewing Township Mayor Alfred W. Bridges pleaded guilty today to possession of crack cocaine. AUSA Treby Williams, 609-989-0566.
02-18-04 -- TRENTON -- The owner of an armored car and ATM servicing company consented today to forfeit $3 million to the government, the day after he was convicted on charges of wire and bank fraud, cash structuring and tax evasion. AUSAs Norv McAndrew, 609-989-0569, and Marc-Philip Ferzan, 856-968-4864.
02-18-04 -- TRENTON -- Former New Hanover Township Administrator James J. Nash was sentenced today to three months in federal prison to be followed by three months of home confinement for participating in a scheme to steer a 1999 federally funded New Hanover Board of Education contract to a relative of former New Hanover Mayor Patrick G. Malloy. AUSA Treby Williams, 609-989-0566.
02-17-04 -- TRENTON -- Former New Hanover Township Mayor Patrick G. Malloy was sentenced today to six months in federal prison to be followed by six months of home confinement for witness tampering in connection with a grand jury investigation of the township Board of Education's award of a federally funded contract to one of his relatives. AUSA Treby Williams, 609-989-0566.
02-13-04 -- NEWARK -- A convicted Bergen County con-man was sentenced today to14 years in prison for bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors of two companies he controlled, in what was a giant pyramid scheme that collapsed on the investors. AUSAs Luis Valentin, Michael Buchanan, Rachael Hill, 973-645-2708, 2778, 2777, respectively.
02-12-04 -- NEWARK -- An Irvington woman pleaded guilty today to bank fraud, admitting that she obtained and cashed a check that had been stolen from an elderly resident of an assisted-living facility in Somerset County. AUSA Maureen Ruane, 973-645-2749.
02-10-04 -- NEWARK - A Montclair man pleaded guilty yesterday to loansharking and running an illegal gambling business. AUSA Ronald D. Wigler, 973-645-2822.
02-09-04 -- TRENTON -- A disbarred Beach Haven lawyer was arrested today, charged in an Indictment with wire and mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, perjury and tax evasion in connection with his scheme to steal more than $1.3 million from a charitable foundation that he created when he represented the estate of a woman who willed all of her assets to charity. AUSA Michael Guadagno, 609-989-2354.
02-06-04 -- NEWARK -- The 81-year-old former president of the New Jersey State Patrolmen's Benevolent Association was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for defrauding the union and filing a false tax return. AUSA Mark McCarren, 973-645-2867.
02-04-04 -- NEWARK -- A former vice president of a multinational petroleum products testing company was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for conspiring to violate the federal Clean Air Act, to make false statements to the Environmental Protection Agency, to commit mail fraud and to obstruct justice. Contact Department of Justice Press Office: 202-514-2007.
01-30-04 -- NEWARK -- An employee of a mortgage company owned by Hudson County businessman Rene Abreu pleaded guilty to mail fraud today, admitting that he, Abreu and others conspired to submit false loan applications on behalf of borrowers to convince lenders to make loans. AUSA Deborah Goldklang, 973-645-2729.
01-29-04 -- NEWARK -- The vice-president of a Montclair construction firm, the firm itself, and a contract manager for the U.S. Postal Service all admitted today engaging in misconduct in connection with work performed between 1997 and 1999 at the New Jersey International and Bulk Mail Center in Jersey City. Contact Public Affairs Office, 973-645-2888.
01-27-04 -- CAMDEN -- A financial advisor was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison today in connection with his scheme to defraud individual investors of more than $500,000. AUSA Marc P. Ferzan, 856-968-4864.
01-24-04 -- TRENTON -- A Brick Township man pleaded guilty today to mail fraud, admitting that he fraudulently induced people to invest in his companies that purported to market and sell "hurricane straps" to hold down homes, boats and other large things of value. AUSA Michael Guadagno, 609-989-2354.
01-24-04 -- NEWARK -- The former mayor of Asbury Park, Kenneth E. Saunders, Sr., pleaded guilty today to submitting false and fraudulent tax returns for 1997, 1999 and 2000. AUSA Mark McCarren, 973-645-2867.
01-23-04 -- CAMDEN -- A Brick Township couple who own a flooring business pleaded guilty today to a conspiracy charge in connection with the skimming of more than $260,000 in unreported receipts from their businesses. Contact Public Affairs Office, 973-645-2888.
01-22-04 -- TRENTON -- A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to possession of more than $2 million in forged company checks. AUSA Donna Krappa, 609-989-2258.
01-21-04 -- NEWARK -- A Stamford, Conn.-based shipping company that transports petroleum products in the United States and abroad pleaded guilty today to preparing false documents in an attempt to conceal the illegal dumping of thousands of gallons of waste oil and sludge at sea.
01-20-04 -- NEWARK - A former equity tradr at Knight Securities in Jersey City was sentenced today to18 months in prison for conspiracy and wire fraud, in connection with a scheme that defrauded the company of more than $1.4 million in 11 months. AUSA John M. Fietkiewicz, 973-645-2780.
01-20-04 -- TRENTON -- The last of four bank robbery defendants was sentenced Friday to more than three decades in prison for his role in one of the most violent bank robbery sprees in recent New Jersey history. AUSAS Treby Williams, David A. Bocian, 609-989-2190.
01-16-2004 -- CAMDEN -- Another employee of the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicle Services pleaded guilty today to conspiring to unlawfully produce drivers licenses, admitting that she received between $100 and $200 per bogus license. AUSA Brian Howe, 973-645-2853.
01-15-2004 -- NEWARK -- An Indictment has been unsealed, charging a Belarus-based child pornography enterprise and a Florida credit card billing service in a global Internet pornography and money laundering scheme involving thousands of paid memberships to some 50 pornography websites. Contact Press Office: 973-645-2888.
Statement from Attorney General John Ashcroft (.pdf)
01-09-04 -- CAMDEN -- The head of a large drug distribution ring in Camden pleaded guilty today to drug and weapons charges, admitting also that he and others gunned down a Rutgers University student in Camden. AUSA Kevin Smith, 856-968-4928.
01-09-04 -- NEWARK -- Edgardo Aguirre pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Rene Abreu, a well-known Hudson county businessman, to structure currency transactions to evade bank reporting requirements. Deborah Goldklang, 973-645-2729.
01-07-04 -- TRENTON - The former operations manager of defunct cheese manufacturer Suprema Specialties, Inc. pleaded guilty today to charges that he conspired to inflate Suprema's sales by booking over $700 million in fictitious transactions to boost Suprema's stock price and increase its bank borrowing power more than tenfold. Contact: Michael Drewniak, Public Affairs Officer, 973-645-2888.
Suprema Defendants News Release
Van Sickell Information (.pdf)
01-06-04 -- NEWARK -- Lourdes Adan-Abreu, owner of multiple Hudson County-based companies, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. AUSA Matthew Boxer, 973-645-2764.
01-06-04 -- NEWARK -- Two undocumented Mexican aliens pleaded guilty today to bringing the common-law wife of one of them to the United States to work as a prostitute in brothels in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and other states
Gonzalez-Garcia/Romero-Gonzalez News Release
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