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Federal agents in New Jersey have arrested four men in connection with the armed robbery of a Target store in Union on Black Friday.

A Livingston accountant has been indicted today and is charged with orchestrating a scheme in which he and 14 co-defendants allegedly defrauded the state of nearly $700,000 by filing false claims for unemployment benefits. Todd Halpern allegedly filed claims using identities stolen from clients, and filed fraudulent employment records in the names of businesses he served in order to support the cl

A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with an office in Clifton, N.J., and one of his clients were arrested this morning by special agents of the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) for allegedly trying to bribe an IRS revenue agent to reduce the client’s tax liability of more than $900,000.

A Canadian investment bank has agreed to a $450,000 settlement with the State Division of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Securities for failing to perform required review of accounts held by convicted securities fraudster James Hankins, Jr.

A pair of alleged con artists have been arrested in connection with a so-called "Black Money Scam" in which they allegedly attempted to scam unsuspecting victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by falsely promising an amount of money several times the amount of money that the victims fronted to the defendants...

Deterring child pornography and preventing repeat incidents is the idea behind legislation that's been introduced by Senator Kevin O'Toole.

New Jersey officials have temporarily suspended the medical license of an unemployed physician charged late last year with possessing large amounts of chemicals commonly used for making bombs.

FREEHOLD, NJ — Three New York City residents have been indicted on charges stemming from the 2002 death of a 9-year-old girl whose remains were found in central New Jersey three years later.

PATERSON, N.J. — Prosecutors say a northern New Jersey man who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death a day after he was freed from a halfway house has pleaded not guilty to murder and weapons charges.

A high-ranking Bloods member was indicted today for allegedly selling a handgun and ammunition while he was free on bail in connection with a previous indictment accusing him of heading a narcotics network in Camden.