NEWARK, NJ — The former owner of a New Jersey marketing company admitted his role in a scheme to defraud public and private health benefits programs of more than $6 million through the billing of medically unnecessary compounded prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced March 17. Michael Drobish, 43, of Cedar Grove, pleaded guilty […]
NEWARK, NJ — Robert Alexander, 45, of Newark, has admitted to obstructing justice while on pretrial release, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced March 17. Alexander pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, on Jan.14, 2019, Alexander pleaded guilty to […]
NEWARK, NJ — Maurice Bethea, 54, of Newark, was sentenced March 10 to nine years in prison for conspiring to obtain mortgage loans to finance the sale of properties to unqualified buyers, securities fraud by inducing a victim into investing more than $1.2 million into real estate companies under false pretenses, and violation of supervised […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — A West Orange man employed as a food services contractor in a high school in East Hanover was arrested March 10 for distributing images of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced March 10. Ezra W. Saphire, 29, is charged by complaint with one count of distribution of child […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Newark man with a previous felony conviction made his initial appearance in court on March 7 on a criminal complaint charging him with two counts of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, the first count related to a June 2021 shooting in Newark, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced March 7. […]
NEWARK, NJ — Andy Cook, 23, of Newark, has been charged with a carjacking that occurred in Montclair, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Feb. 28. Cook is charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit carjacking, one count of carjacking and one count of conspiracy to use a firearm during a crime […]
NEWARK, NJ — Hakir Brown, 27, Newark, has admitted to scheming with at least one U.S. Postal Serviceemployee and others to steal credit cards from the mail and use the stolen cards for hundreds of thousands of dollars of retail and online purchases, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced Feb. 25. He pleaded guilty […]
NEWARK, NJ — Shanile Lyle, 28, of Orange, has admitted to transmitting the proceeds of a fraudulent scheme in which elderly victims were falsely told that they had won large sums of money in a lottery sweepstakes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Feb. 17. Lyle pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Julian […]
NEWARK, NJ — A Belleville man has admitted using a web-based application to distribute multiple images and videos of child sexual abuse, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Feb. 15. Mauricio Calderon, 51, pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to an information charging him with one count of distribution of […]
NEWARK, NJ — Jeffrey Bennett, 27, of Irvington, has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal checkbooks and credit cards from the mail; deposit fraudulent checks, including pandemic relief checks; and use stolen credit cards without authorization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Feb. 14. Bennett previously […]