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1. N.J. home improvement contractors nailed by state for not being registered
(N.J./State)

Face fines of $5,000 to $500 Twelve unregistered home improvement contractors are facing fines of $5,000 to $500 after they were caught in a state Division of Consumer Affairs sting in a vacant house ...

2. New Jersey takes Steven Ashley of Cedar Grove to court over bogus car donation charity
(N.J./State)

... to assess the condition of vehicles, he had no connection to Ray of Hope as of March 2008. Ray of Hope was an unregistered charity when it operated in New Jersey between 2005 and 2009. Under terms of ...

3. Sam Serritella of Garfield pleads guilty to taking $1.7M from investors in ‘therapeutic’ horseshoe scam
(N.J./State)

Claimed a Dubai prince bought them for his camels A Bergen County man has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of $1.7 million by selling unregistered shares of stock in his startup horseshoe manufacturing ...

4. Samuel M. Serritella of Garfield pleads guilty to taking $1.7 million from investors in horseshoe scam
(N.J./State)

A Bergen County man has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors of $1.7 million by selling unregistered shares of stock in his startup horseshoe manufacturing company and misappropriating investor funds ...

5. Merrill Lynch agrees to pay penalty for using unregistered agents
(Money/Economy)

Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Inc. will pay New Jersey $728,260 in civil penalties and revise its business practices to comply with state laws and regulations, under terms of an administrative ...

6. Spy swaps continue to be useful tool in espionage game
(World/International)

... espionage. They were charged with the far less serious offense of being unregistered agents of a foreign power. They appeared in court, pled guilty, and were whisked off to Vienna for their swap and ...

7. Russian spies to be deported in swap with U.S.
(World/International)

... that the Russian government would release four people to the United States in exchange. The defendants each announced their pleas to conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign country. Defendant ...

8. Spy exchange could be in the works between U.S., Russia
(World/International)

... years, tasked with gathering information about American political activities. They were charged with acting as unregistered foreign agents.  ...

9. State files suit against Credit USA, says at least 100 investors stung for over $125,000
(Money/Economy)

The state Bureau of Securities Tuesday filed suit against Credit USA Inc., a credit-repair and identity protection company formerly based in Cherry Hill, and its two principals for allegedly selling unregistered ...

10. Russian spies had major stash of cash
(N.J./State)

... parties in her neighborhood. The defendants in the alleged spy ring have all been charged with conspiring to act as unregistered agents of a foreign government, a felony that carries a maximum five-year ...

11. State cites 49 gold and jewelry buyers for ripping off financially struggling New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

... of laws that require detailed receipts to be provided to sellers, as well as for the use of scales that were found to be unregistered, not inspected, not approved for use in New Jersey, and that had been ...

12. Is China’s one-child policy coming to an end?
(World/International)

... population groups such as unregistered peasant girls and migrants who lived their whole lives outside the government registers. "No matter what positive impact some scholars attribute to China's family ...

13. N.J. horseshoe company owner Samual Serritella charged with defrauding investors
(N.J./State)

Police and firefighters among his 300 victims A Bergen County man has been indicted on charges that he defrauded hundreds of investors of more than $1.7 million by selling unregistered shares of stock ...

14. United States and NATO dependent on Afghan warlords as force multipliers
(World/International)

... have gotten security contracts without registering with the government. Two anonymous United Nations sources cited in the report estimate that 1,000 to 1,500 unregistered armed security groups have been ...

15. Spring Lake man must pay $5.1M fines and restitution in phony stock scheme
(N.J./State)

... scheme. Cavanagh filed his decision following a 10-day civil trial which concluded in June. He found that for seven years, from 1999 to 2007, Brian Smith sold unregistered Digital Gas securities to ...

16. Lying, cheating ... and staying the heck out of Lambertville
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  That’s what happened to Christie in 2005, when he was still serving as the state’s top federal law enforcement official. Making things worse, the future gubernatorial wannabe was driving an unregistered ...

17. Hankins companies ordered to pay $7 million for defrauding investors with Ponzi scheme
(Money/Economy)

... who set the Ponzi scheme in motion. Cavanaugh also found that Hankins violated the state Uniform Securities Law by acting as an agent without being registered and by selling unregistered securities. ...

18. Former Gov. Kean calls on Corzine to halt "negative'' campaign ads against Christie
(N.J./State)

... to be driving an unregistered and uninsured care is an ethics issue, Kean replied, "Traffic tickets are not what I had in mind as issues. It does not seem to me to really mean much in a campaign. Both ...

19. Christie campaign takes shot at media coverage of ethics issue
(N.J./State)

... it was revealed Wednesday that Lambertville police stopped Christie in 2005 when he was U.S. attorney for speeding and found he was driving an unregistered and uninsured car. Christie was accompanied by ...

20. Key to governor’s race may not be the economy after all
(Opinion/Commentary)

... for speeding and driving an unregistered and uninsured vehicle. All of this has diverted attention away from the economy - and the result has been a benefit for Corzine since he has his work cut out for ...