'Robin Hood' doctor sentenced in health care fraud
NEWARK — Calling the former Bergen County physician a "Robin Hood," a federal judge Monday sentenced Albert Ades to three years in jail for systematically billing public and private insurers for medical care he did not give. U.S. District Judge Esther Salas rejected a defense request to sentence Ades, 61, to home confinement, even while acknowledging the outpouring of support Ades received — including a courtroom packed with supporters — and the free care he had given over a decades-long care..>> view originalFake W-2's netted prisoners $400K in tax refunds, feds say
NEWARK — It can be hard enough to make $70,000 a year. It's impossible to earn that much income if you're in jail. But two East Orange men allegedly made it look just like that for dozens of individuals in 2013 and 2014, court records show. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman's office Monday charged Reginald Eaford, 45, and Winfred Moses, 48, with creating and filing false income tax returns on behalf of inmates at the Essex County Correctional Facility — where they had been at the time as wel..>> view originalNewark schools water crisis shines light on larger N.J. Lead issues ...
NEWARK – While officials scramble to respond to the recent revelation that nearly half of Newark schools have been using water contaminated with dangerous levels of lead, many environmentalists claims the issue should have been confronted long ago. Jeff Tittel, Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, issued a statement last week calling the findings at 30 Newark schools a "wake-up call" to a growing public health issue. He cited similar tests that uncovered lead in water lines at Morristown Me..>> view originalNewark man charged with lying about South Ward shooting
Daquan Lockhart (Essex County Correctional Facility) NEWARK – A city man who claimed to have been shot last month has been charged with fabricating the story. Daquan Lockhart, 25, was booked on a single count of false swearing for the Feb. 2 incident, when he reported being struck on the corner of Osborne Terrace and Nye Avenue, Newark police spokesman Capt. Derek Glenn said in a statement. He was treated at University Hospital for a non-life threatening injury, but detectives later determi..>> view originalLongshoremen unions discriminate against minorities, Newark ...
Crane operator working at Port Newark. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka claims there is a racial inequity in hiring by two longshoremen unions and wants federal authorities to investigate. (Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) NEWARK — Mayor Ras Baraka today called for a federal investigation of the two longshoremen unions at the Port of Newark and Elizabeth, claiming they have disproportionately fewer black and Hispanic members. "Two of the unions serving the port remain strictly segregated de..>> view originalStrong odor forces Austin-bound plane to return to Newark
NEWARK, N.J. — Authorities say a plane has been forced to return to a New Jersey airport because of concerns of a strong odor. The FAA said that United Flight 1704 left Newark Liberty International Airport for Austin, Texas, at 6 a.m. Monday. It returned to the airport 20 minutes later after the crew on the Boeing 739 reported a strong odor in the cabin. The plane landed safely and an investigation is under way.>> view originalNewark man fatally shot on way to work supported family overseas ...
NEWARK — A man fatally shot while walking to work in the city's North Ward early Sunday regularly sent money to his family overseas, a friend said. Brunton Bissesar Singh, of Newark, supported his son and wife in his home country of Trinidad and Tobago, according to Roberto Mendez Spaccavento. Singh, 55, was killed on the 400 block of Roseville Avenue shortly before 6 a.m., authorities said. No arrests have been made. An investigation is ongoing, and the Essex County Prosecutor's Office di..>> view originalNewark schoolyard killer challenges legal rep 6 years later and loses
NEWARK — Rodolfo Godinez stood beside his attorney, Roy Greenman, in 2010 in a Newark courtroom where he was convicted by a jury in the execution-style killings of three friends in a city schoolyard and later sentenced to 245 years in state prison. Nearly six years later, Godinez sought to overturn his conviction by claiming Greenman had poorly represented him during the trial. But Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin on recently rejected that bid and upheld Godinez's conviction in the Aug. 4..>> view originalReport: Higher wages, insurance in new NJ Transit contract
New Jersey Transit is bracing for a possible rail strike that may start Sunday at midnight. STAFF VIDEO BY THOMAS P. COSTELLO Buy PhotoSteve Burkert, general chairman of SMART-TD, speaks with the media after a NJ Transit board meeting in Newark Wednesday.(Photo: THOMAS P. COSTELLO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)Buy PhotoNEWARK - The 4,200 unionized workers on NJ Transit's railroads won higher wage increases in exchange for paying more toward their health insurance in the tentative new contract agr..>> view originalCEO charged with pumping up company in false SEC reports
NEWARK — The Chief Executive Officer of a company headquartered in Jersey City that made and sold products related to the recreational vehicle industry was charged Monday with filing false securities reports and issuing false press releases to boost investment in the business. Cary Lee Peterson, of Texas and Arizona, was charged with with two counts of false certification and one count of securities fraud, according to U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman's office. FBI agents arrested Peterson Su..>> view original
Monday, March 14, 2016
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