From returning stolen merchandise to the use of counterfeit receipts to bringing back items already worn or used that are not defective, return fraud is expected to cost retailers $8.9 billion this year and $2.9 billion during the holiday season alone.
State prosecutors say an insurance broker from Baltimore will have to serve at least 7.5 years in prison for swindling more than $2.5 million from Perth Amboy.
We've all seen it happen especially around the holiday shopping season; somebody pulls into a "handicapped" parking spot right in front of the mall and then sprints like Usain Bolt to the entrance.
If you're filing an unemployment insurance claim online in New Jersey, you had better be who you say you are. That's the warning from Department of Labor and Workforce Development commissioner Hal Wirths.
Federal investigators have charged 530 people for allegedly defrauding more than 73,000 desperate homeowners around the country who fell behind on mortgage payments, leaving them vulnerable to con artists offering to help them avoid foreclosure.
If you have a job in the Garden State, you are paying into New Jersey's Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. That fund is used to pay benefits to the unemployed who are eligible.
Waste, fraud and abuse. The Office of the State Comptroller is out with an annual report on fiscal accountability in New Jersey government, and you'll be surprised at the tax dollars recovered and saved.