Tag: Trenton
Damaris Valerio, COVID Relief Fraud, New Jersey 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Perth Amboy woman swindled COVID-19 relief funds meant for small businesses and workers, netting $194,212. Damaris Valerio, 42, used fake applications to inflate her business’s revenues and payroll, then diverted the cash for personal gain. She pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in federal court in Trenton. U.S.…
Trenton Johnson, Trafficking, New Jersey 2023
⏱ 2 min read Trenton, New Jersey, was the epicenter of a fentanyl and cocaine trafficking operation that netted a staggering 21.7-year prison sentence for Jamal Wilson, aka ‘Vill,’ 49. Prosecutors say Wilson, a convicted felon, peddled the deadly substances and kept a cache of guns in his Trenton home, which was discovered by law…
Daniel Rhyne, Computer Network Hacking, New Jersey 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Missouri man unleashed a digital nightmare on a New Jersey-based industrial company, hacking into their computer network and demanding $750,000 in Bitcoin or face further destruction. Daniel Rhyne, 59, of Kansas City, Missouri, executed the scheme in November 2023. Rhyne, then a New Jersey resident, worked as a core infrastructure…
