Tag: U.S. Postal Inspection Service

  • Iselin men sentenced in credit card scam

    Iselin men sentenced in credit card scam

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer TRENTON — The two owners of a Jersey City jewelry store were sentenced to jail time and home confinement in their respective roles in what Acting United States Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick called one of the largest credit card fraud schemes — $200 million — charged by the U.S. Department…

  • South Amboy man indicted as alleged leader of massive financial fraud case

    South Amboy man indicted as alleged leader of massive financial fraud case

      Forty seven people and 44 companies were indicted in Middlesex County on Oct. 5 by a grand jury that charged them with participating in a large-scale international bank fraud ring that operated a multi-million-dollar scheme to steal from banks and corporations. The 16-page indictment was the result of an ongoing investigation that was initiated by the…

  • Marijuana in the mail lands recipient in jail

    Marijuana in the mail lands recipient in jail

    EAST BRUNSWICK — Members of the East Brunswick Police Anti-Crime Unit developed information on a package suspected to contain a controlled dangerous substance that was being mailed to a local residence. With the assistance of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Newark Division, the package was delivered on July 29, according to a statement prepared by…