Muamer Reci, Wire Fraud, New Jersey 2024

A Passaic County man was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in a wire fraud conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Muamer Reci, 58, of Haskell, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The crime unfolded in August 2012 when two individuals established a consumer hygiene and cleaning products company, Reci & Sons, which later established a subsidiary, Reci Enterprises, in Macedonia. Reci never disclosed the existence of Reci & Sons or Reci Enterprises to his employer.

In July 2016, a document titled “Project Eurodent” was recovered from Reci’s work email account. The document described a plan for Reci Enterprises to develop, manufacture, and sell a toothpaste named Eurodent, valuing the business at roughly $2 million.

As the anticipated construction date for the manufacturing facility approached, Reci sent several emails to an individual at Reci & Sons attaching his employer’s proprietary toothpaste formulas for existing products and an unreleased toothpaste product, as well as proprietary laboratory procedures for the employer’s products.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Cecchi sentenced Reci to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $188,384 in restitution.

The FBI investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ari B. Fontecchio represented the government.

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