Rahway Man Sentenced for Targeting Asian Business Owners in Burglaries

“Conspiring to Target Vulnerable Business Owners” – A Union County man has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy that targeted residences belonging to Asian small business owners, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Kevin Jackson, 57, of Rahway, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property. Judge Padin imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Jackson participated in a conspiracy to burglarize the residences of certain Asian small business owners living in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, stealing large sums of money, valuable jewelry, and other items and transporting the stolen goods in interstate commerce, including to residences in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

From Dec. 2, 2016, to March 20, 2019, Jackson and his co-conspirators targeted vulnerable business owners, stealing an estimated $294,586 in cash, jewelry, and other valuables. The stolen goods were then transported across state lines, further exacerbating the severity of the crime.

U.S. Attorney Sellinger credited FBI Newark’s Transnational Organized Crime Task Force, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy in Newark, with the investigation leading to the sentencing. He also thanked numerous law enforcement agencies that assisted in the case, including local police departments and federal agencies.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Dong Joo Lee of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Cybercrime Unit in Newark represented the government in this case. In addition to the prison term, Judge Padin sentenced Jackson to three years of supervised release and ordered restitution of $294,586.