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1. Dr. Mario Comesanas of Livingston, six others get prison for roles in major narcotics network
(Health/Healthquest)

... also forfeited $593,000 seized in his home and permanently forfeited his state medical license. Ravin also sentenced the people who served as runners for the ring, filling fraudulent painkiller prescriptions ...

2. N.J. fines casinos $23,258 for allowing gambling addict, 117 minors to gamble
(N.J./State)

The state Casino Control Commission Wednesday fined two Atlantic City casinos a total of $20,000 for allowing a self-excluded person to gamble and collected more than $3,200 forfeited by 117 underage gamblers. ...

3. Could New Jersey end up with another NBA team after the Nets leave?
(Sports/Professional)

... Arena was unsuitable for a game and the team forfeited the game to Kentucky. Basketball is a business; it may be called a sport but it is a business first and foremost. Roy Boe ended up owning ...

4. When the Nets left New Jersey the first time
(Sports/Professional)

... Americans and Colonels arrived for the game, they found the playing floor full of missing boards and bolts. League commissioner George Mikan forfeited the game to the Colonels due to the conditions. In ...

5. Former Hudson sheriff's officer pleads guilty to official misconduct in bounty hunter case
(N.J./State)

... years in state prison. He forfeited $5,500 in illegal cash gifts that he admitted receiving from Mikhaeil. Chadwick, Vasquez and Mikhaeil were indicted on Oct. 1, 2008 along with Kenneth Sisk, 49, of ...

6. Former Salvation Army pastor arrested for stealing from immigrants
(N.J./State)

... posted $2,000 cash, 10 percent of his $20,000 bail, and was released. He also forfeited his passport. He is scheduled for a court appearance on January 25 before Union County Superior Court Judge Stuart ...

7. U.S. government seized and forfeited property to be auction in New Jersey
(Money/Economy)

... forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Internal ...

8. Reid’s Healthcare Proposal Unconstitutional at Any Speed
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... dollar received in premiums on medical costs (80% for small group and individual plans). Income exceeding 15% of premiums received must be forfeited. How? Companies and stockholders that didn't spend ...

9. Surprise endorsement, Star-Ledger backs Daggett for governor
(N.J./State)

... of New Jersey. The newspaper's decision is less a rejection of Gov. Jon Corzine and Republican Chris Christie than a repudiation of the parties they represent, both of which have forfeited any claim ...

10. Three sentenced to prison for roles in Newark-Bronx narcotics ring
(N.J./State)

... of fraudulent prescriptions for the ring. He is awaiting sentencing and faces up to 15 years in prison. He forfeited $593,000 seized in his home and permanently forfeited his state medical license. In ...

11. State employee pleads guilty in computer/scrap metal scheme
(N.J./State)

... responsible for full restitution for the thefts of $24,292. All of them forfeited their state jobs. Mangine, who held the job of storekeeper at the warehouse, pleaded guilty to a charge of a pattern ...

12. Ex-Hudson deputy pleads guilty in bounty hunter case
(N.J./State)

... who is at large. The fraudulent body receipts also had the effect of reducing the amount of bail forfeited, resulting in savings for the insurance companies that insured the bail bonds but a loss of ...

13. Flexible spending accounts could be on cut in health care reform
(Health/Healthquest)

... left in their flexible spending account at the end of the year would be forfeited. "To this day, I remember lying on the gurney thinking, ‘this has got to be the most insane thing,'" said Reinhardt. ...

14. Jersey City pharmacy owner pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... fines and restitution. Borges is scheduled for sentencing Wednesday. The state will recommend that he also receive a sentence of three years and be ordered to pay $750,000 in restitution, fines and forfeited ...

15. New York man pleads guilty to role in Newark OxyContin ring
(N.J./State)

... pleaded guilty to racketeering and distribution of narcotics for writing thousands of fraudulent prescriptions for the ring. He faces up to 15 years in prison, forfeited $593,000 seized in his home, and ...

16. $7,050 theft of state funds lands ex-worker in prison
(N.J./State)

... forfeited his job and was permanently barred from public employment. The sentence was based on Hebert's guilty plea to a criminal accusation charging him with official misconduct. At a Jan. 22 guilty ...

17. Prescription drug ring coming apart with latest guilty plea
(N.J./State)

... of fraudulent prescriptions for the ring. He faces up to 15 years in prison, forfeited $593,000 seized in his home, and permanently forfeited his New Jersey medical license. In pleading guilty, Comesanas ...