Tag: U.S. Attorney’s Office
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Aberdeen Township resident faces federal charges
A resident of Aberdeen Township has been charged with witness tampering and retaliating against a witness or informant, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on May 14. Kaitlyn R. Powers, 32, is charged by complaint with two counts of retaliating against a witness or informant and one count of witness tampering, according to a…
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Tri-Town News news briefs, May 12
A Howell business owner has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion and failure to pay the IRS more than $540,000 in employment taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on May 6. Wilson Salas-Molina, 41, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan to an…
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U.S. Attorney’s Office charges two men with assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick and other police at U.S. Capitol
A Pennsylvania man and a West Virginia man were criminally charged related to their alleged conspiring to injure officers and assault federal officers, among other charges. According to court documents, Julian Elie Khater, 32, of State College, Pennsylvania, and George Pierre Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, West Virginia, were charged on March 14 in connection with…
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Amtrak employee based in North Brunswick charged with stealing, reselling chainsaws
An Amtrak employee was accused on March 8 of stealing chainsaws and chainsaw parts valued at more than $50,000 from Amtrak and reselling them, primarily through an online auction service. Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on March 9 that Jose Rodriguez, 48, of Brick, is charged by complaint with one count of theft…
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Keyport man sentenced to prison; had connection to Jersey City shooting
A Keyport man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegally possessing an assault rifle, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Feb. 9. Honig said Ahmed A-Hady, 36, had previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court Judge Katharine S. Hayden to an information charging him with one count of possession of…
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Hillsborough man admits defrauding former employer of $1 million
A Hillsborough man admitted defrauding his former employer by using the employer’s account to make unauthorized purchases of high-end electronic devices and selling those items on after-market websites. Ovais Mayet, 33, pleaded guilty on Feb. 3 by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo to an information charging him with one count of wire…
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Fourth man charged in connection with interstate luxury car theft ring
A fourth man has been arrested for his role in a conspiracy to steal and transport across state lines luxury cars from towns in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig has announced. The conspiracy has a connection to Manalapan, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office…
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Pharmacy owner’s son admits role in $24 million kickback scheme
The son of a former co-owner of a Union City pharmacy has admitted his role in multimillion-dollar conspiracies to pay kickbacks and bribes to health care professionals and to defraud the IRS, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Jan. 14. Alex Fleyshmakher, 34, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, pleaded guilty by videoconference…
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Woodbridge man sentenced to six years in prison for possession of handgun during robbery
A Middlesex County man has been sentenced to 75 months in prison for illegally possessing a loaded 9mm HiPoint pistol. Rashawn S. Williams of Woodbridge previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti to an information charging him with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and…