Tag: fraud
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SOMETHING BLUE AT CITY WEDDINGS Cops check immigrants By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
Monday, March 17, 1997 The city clerk yesterday said law enforcement agents will continue to check for fraud among immigrants seeking to get married even as critics said the officers’ presence intimidates brides and grooms. City Clerk Carlos Cuevas requested police support last month when city marriage offices overflowed with couples hoping to wed before…
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SHE LOSES CASH, STEREO TO CON MEN
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, March 26, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | B03 Two men conned a 32-year-old Paterson woman out of $300 and stole her car stereo Tuesday after persuading her to give them the money in exchange for a share in lottery winnings,…
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2 ARRESTED IN USED-CAR DISPUTE
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, January 15, 1992 The Record (New Jersey) | 5 Star | NEWS | Page B03 A mechanic and his son-in-law face charges following a yearlong dispute with a Teaneck man over a used car that disappeared and a check that bounced. Theft charges have been filed…
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FUND-RAISING ACCUSATIONS FAMILIAR TO PAL
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, August 28, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B01 The arrest Monday of two men for allegedly passing themselves off as police officers to obtain $1,000 on behalf of the Hackensack Police Athletic League was not the first time…
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2 ACCUSED OF POSING AS POLICE OFFICERS; SOLICITED $1,000 FROM BUSINESSMAN
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Tuesday, August 27, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B01 Two men from a fund-raising firm hired by the Hackensack Police Athletic League were arrested Monday on charges that they passed themselves off as officers to solicit $1,000 from a…
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BOGUS WATER WORKERS SOUGHT IN THEFT
By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, July 10, 1991 The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B03 An elderly couple were robbed of $1,500 cash and assorted jewelry by two men who came to their home Monday and claimed to work for the “water company,” police said.…
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FBI ARRESTS MAN IN FAKE DEATH SCAM
A 40-year-old North Bergen man who allegedly faked his wife’s and son’s deaths, then tried to collect on a $2 million life insurance policy, has been arrested by the FBI.
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POLICE WARNING OF SCAM `CHIMNEY SWEEPS SOLICIT IN TEANECK
Daniel Stewart said the deal to clean his chimney sounded good on the telephone, and the woman making the offer even gave him an additional $10 discount.
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MAN FLEEING COPS STRUCK ON RTE. 4; ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO USE FAKE CREDIT CARD AT BANK
A man fleeing Paramus police after he tried to get $2,500 from a bank using a fake credit card was struck and badly injured Tuesday when he ran into speeding traffic on Route 4, police said.
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N.Y. COUPLE ACCUSED OF DEFRAUDING COLLEGE
A former assistant director of financial aid at Ramapo College of New Jersey and her husband were arrested Friday, accused of defrauding the college of $3,410 in financial aid grants.