Morten Nielsen, Embezzlement, New Jersey 2024

New Jersey Executive, Morten Nielsen, Sentenced to 18 Months for Embezzlement Scheme

Newark, N.J. – A former program manager of an international freight forwarding company has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to embezzle over $550,000 from the company, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Morten Nielsen, 37, a Danish national residing in Maine, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton to an information charging him with one count of wire fraud.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Nielsen submitted fraudulent invoices from a sham company that he controlled to the freight forwarding company for work that the sham company never performed.

He then sent the fraudulent invoices on behalf of his employer to the Egyptian government, which approved and forwarded them to the U.S. Department of Defense for payment to the company.

Over the course of two years, Nielsen caused his employer to pay the sham company he created approximately $559,000, which he then transferred into his personal account.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited special agents of the FBI, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, and the Department of Homeland Security with the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Wigenton sentenced Nielsen to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $559,000 in restitution.

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