Hackensack Cop Faked Military Records To Get Paid Leave: Prosecutor
A Hackensack police officer is accused of faking a military background in order to obtain paid leave totaling more than $18,000, authorities said.
Forrod Bonsu, 31, of Hackensack, was arrested on Wednesday, April 29, following a joint investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the Hackensack Police Department, according to a release from Prosecutor Mark Musella.
The investigation began on Friday, Feb. 6, when the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Confidential Investigations Unit received information about alleged forged military records submitted to the City of Hackensack, …
Baldwin Fraudster Made 110 Illegal Transactions In Chase Scam: Police
A Long Island fraudster made 110 illegal transactions from Chase Bank accounts to steal $55,000, police said Friday, April 3.
Paras Javed, 26-year-old Baldwin man, was arrested Thursday, April 2 and hit with numerous charges, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Javed contacted Chase customer service and claimed to be an account holder on multiple occasions, then changed the victims’ mailing addresses to his own and ordered debit cards, cops said. The scheme began in November 2025 and continued into January 2026, according to investigators.
During those two months, he made all 110 una…
New Rochelle Contractor Pocketed $50K Meant For Employees, DA Says
A New Rochelle contractor has been re-arrested and hit with new felony charges for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 in wages from his own employees.
Artemio Fuerte, 40, was arraigned in New Rochelle City Court Tuesday, March 3, on charges including grand larceny and scheme to defraud, both felonies. He also faces five counts of failure to pay wages when due under labor law, a misdemeanor.
Fuerte, the owner and operator of Fuerte Construction Services LLC, withheld approximately $51,720 in wages from five employees between September 2022 and October 2025, the Westchester County DA’s offi…
$12K Bitcoin Lancaster County Jury Duty Scam Lands SC Woman On PA Most Wanted List: Police
A phone call claiming to be from a sheriff cost a Lancaster County resident $12,000 — and now a South Carolina woman is wanted in connection with the alleged scam, Manheim Township Police announced on Friday, Feb. 27.
Veronica Anntonette Oliva, 36, of Columbia, SC, has been charged with Dealing In Proceeds Of Unlawful Activities, Theft By Deception, Criminal Conspiracy (Theft By Deception), and Receiving Stolen Property, according to the release.
Police said the case began on Jan. 30, 2026, when a victim reported receiving a telephone call from a man identifying himself as “Sgt. Dean Mitche…
