News

NEWARK, N.J. – A resident of Florida was convicted of four counts of tax evasion.

NEWARK, N.J. – Today, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Selliniger, District of New Jersey,  announced criminal charges against 13 defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and private health insurers. The charges filed in federal court are part of the Department of Justice’s 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action.

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted engaging in multiyear schemes to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) by providing military equipment parts that were not authorized under the governing contracts and agreeing with another individual to rig bids for DoD contracts.

TRENTON, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for his role in an attempted robbery in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where the victim was shot 14 times.

NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 311 months in prison for persuading, inducing, and enticing women to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution.

NEWARK, N.J. – Nine people have been charged for their respective roles in a drug trafficking organization that distributed large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Essex County.

TRENTON, N.J. –  A Mercer County, New Jersey, man today admitted possession of fentanyl and cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking offenses.

CAMDEN, N.J. – A Florida man was sentenced today to 121 months in prison for receiving child pornography and enticement to travel for illicit sexual conduct.

NEWARK, N.J. – A Passaic County, New Jersey, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for his role in seven gunpoint robberies of pharmacies in Passaic County, New Jersey.

NEWARK, N.J. – A former city of Newark official who served as deputy mayor and director of the Newark Department Economic and Housing Development (DEHD) and served as executive vice president and chief real estate officer of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) today admitted conspiring with two Newark business owners to obtain corrupt payments intended to influence and reward him for assisting the business owners with the acquisition and redevelopment of various Newark-owned properties.

NEWARK, N.J. – A member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy and for possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon.

NEWARK, N.J. – A New York man is alleged to have acted as a courier for a Dominican Republic-based “grandparent scam” that targeted elderly Americans.