N.J. man stole at least $400K in unemployment benefits from 20 in Texas, feds say
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
A 28-year-old Union County man stole at least $400,000 in unemployment benefits from about 20 people who live in Texas, authorities said.
Maurice Mills, of Union, applied for benefits with New York state in August and September and had the debit cards mailed to New Jersey, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said Wednesday in charging him with wire fraud.
All the applications were traced to a single IP address in New Jersey and a telephone number associated with Mills, officials said. Surveillance footage also showed Mills using one of the debit cards mailed to New Jersey to make a withdrawal at a bank, according to court papers.
CAMDEN - The loss of his pharmacist s license didn t stop a South Jersey man from selling drugs, federal authorities allege.
Alton Chatmon, a Bridgeton resident, has admitted he conspired to illegally distribute more than 1.6 million prescription pills, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office for New Jersey.
Chatmon, 50, also told a federal judge he conspired to launder more than $1.5 million in revenues from the pill trade, according to the U.S. Attorney s Office for New Jersey.
Chatmon operated two drug stores in Bridgeton and Millville until a 2015 inspection found violations of rules for handling controlled substances, says a criminal complaint filed in Camden federal court.
It identifies the Route 73 business, acquired by Weinstein in 2012, as once a legitimate brokerage firm.
The third defendant, 45-year-old Vijay Vanam Reddy of Milan, Michigan, was described to investors as a marketing genius who formerly operated a medical billing and answering service business. Investors also were told Reddy had a special talent for finding doctors offices in need of business services, the complaint says.
It alleged the men ran online ads that offered to sell contracts with medical providers who wanted to outsource office chores like billing.
The men allegedly guaranteed a profitable client base and provided fake references to investors.