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NJ Senators Aim to Ensure Prisoners Don't Collect Unemployment [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:58:52 +0000

Late last month, State Comptroller Matt Boxer released an audit that identified more than $23 million in benefit payments made to or on behalf of prison inmates who did not appear to be entitled to such payments.

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Your Tax Dollars Going to Prison Inmates for Government Benefits [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Thu, 30 May 2013 09:30:25 +0000

Just when you thought you've already heard every conceivable way the state can abuse your tax dollars comes a new audit from the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC).

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River Water And Rubbing Alcohol Found In Restaurant Booze Bottles [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:32:22 +0000

Confidential informants, undercover agents, high-tech gadgetry, customer complaints…"Operation Swill" had it all.

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A New Plan To Protect Disabled New Jersey Drivers [AUDIO]

David Matthau — Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:14 +0000

Beginning August 1st, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission will require drivers with disabilities to get re-certified by a doctor every three years in order to get a handicapped placard and license plates for their car.

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Health Care Fraud: Alive And Well In NJ [AUDIO]

David Matthau — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:52:58 +0000

Ever wonder why your health insurance premiums keep going up and up?

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MVC Weeds Out Fraud In New Jersey [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:54 +0000

You had better think twice before trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the folks at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC).

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IRS Releases "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams [AUDIO]

Joe Cutter — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:16 +0000

Warnings from the Internal Revenue Service about what they call their, "dirty dozen," 12 tax season scams designed to separate taxpayers from their money.

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Monmouth ID Forger Gets Seven Years

Tom Mongelli — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:04:48 +0000

The Ocean Township (Monmouth) man who admitted creating and selling counterfeit government identification cards in his apartment heads to a New Jersey state prison for seven years.

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New Measures Crack Down On Unemployment Fraud [AUDIO]

Joe Cutter — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00:27 +0000

There's an effort underway to curb fraud in New Jersey's unemployment benefit system with a three-bill package.

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Comptroller Finds Your Tax Dollars Being Wasted Again [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:54:43 +0000

State Comptroller Matt Boxer's investigators reviewed five Adult Medical Day Care (AMDC) facilities in Ocean, Essex, Union, Middlesex and Atlantic counties and found problems at every one of them.

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Three Charged With Credit Card Fraud in Brick Township

Tom Mongelli — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:40:40 +0000

Three people from New York face a battery of charges in connection with a credit-card fraud case in Brick Township. One now also faces additional problems with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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New Software Leads To ID Fraud Crackdown

David Matthau — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:09:54 +0000

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is now using facial recognition software to identify people who have used fake ID's to get drivers licenses.

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Monmouth County Launches Task Force Against Sandy Fraud [AUDIO]

Ilya Hemlin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:40:20 +0000

Unscrupulous contractors are being targeted with the creation of the Monmouth County Superstorm Sandy Fraud Task Force.

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Penalties May Double for Fraud Committed After Disasters [AUDIO]

Rosetta Key — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:54:50 +0000

A Monmouth County state lawmaker is hoping to toughen penalties against crooks seeking to scam Sandy disaster victims out of their recovery money.

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Lawmaker Looks To Crack Down On Car Insurance Fraud [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:00:44 +0000

The New Jersey Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor is tracking a growing trend of Garden State residents insuring in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to avoid higher car insurance rates according to Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo.

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Governor Christie Gets Bill To Stop Handicapped Park [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:13:46 +0000

We've all seen it happen especially around the holiday shopping season; somebody pulls into a "handicapped" parking spot right in front of the mall and then sprints like Usain Bolt to the entrance.

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Second Sentencing For Solomon Dwek

Tom Mongelli — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:05:02 +0000

Thursday's six-year federal prison term for onetime Monmouth land speculator Solomon Dwek is, and isn't, the end of the story.

The 40-year-old's sentence given Thursday was for bank fraud and money laundering

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NJ Has New Tool To Nab Unemployment Insurance Fraudsters [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:45:09 +0000

If you're filing an unemployment insurance claim online in New Jersey, you had better be who you say you are. That's the warning from Department of Labor and Workforce Development commissioner Hal Wirths.

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NJ State Government Actually Leads The Nation In Something Good [AUDIO]

Kevin McArdle — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:34:29 +0000

If you have a job in the Garden State, you are paying into New Jersey's Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. That fund is used to pay benefits to the unemployed who are eligible.

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Unlicensed Dentist Nabbed for Using Fake Identity [AUDIO]

Kelly Waldron — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:36:18 +0000

An unlicensed dentist is accused of treating patients by falsely using the name and license number of a New Jersey dentist who died.

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