Monday, November 19, 2012
Under the Final Consent Judgment, both parties admitted to committing multiple violations of the State’s Charities Registration and Investigation Act, including operating an unregistered charity.
The two operators of a bogus charity who claimed to be supporting the families of emergency responders who died at the World Trade Center on 9-11 have been ordered to disgorge $121,116 in donations, pay civil penalties and are permanently barred from working for any charitable organization in New Jersey, under terms of a judgement announced today. State Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs in July 2011 filed suit against Mark Anthony Niemczyk, 66, of Tinton Falls, and Thomas J. Scalgione, 40, of Manahawkin, for defrauding donors by using the monies to enrich themselves instead of giving it to 9-11 victims’ families. Under the Final Consent Judgment, both Niemczyk and Scalgione admitted to …
Friday, August 3, 2012
Judge says 9/11 truck can be 'seized;' Manahawkin and Tinton Falls men sued for their part in alleged scheme
A judge has stopped two men who allegedly ran a bogus 9/11 charity in Ocean and Monmouth counties — and throughout the state — from soliciting more donations. State Superior Court Judge Vincent Grasso issued an injunction Friday halting Thomas J. Scalgione, 40, of Manahawkin and Mark Anthony Niemczyk, 66, of Tinton Falls from raising funds that were supposed to aid 9/11 victims' families. Grasso also authorized the seizure of any evidence relating to the investigation, including authorizing the impoundment of a truck that transported a tower piece recovered from the wreckage of Ground Zero to Barnegat last year. In a statement to the court this morning, The Division of Consumer Affairs' Deputy Attorney General Anna M. Lascurain accused …
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Manahawkin and Tinton Falls men sued for their part in alleged scheme
The same truck that transported a tower piece recovered from the wreckage of Ground Zero to Barnegat last year — to serve as a memorial for those who died — is now at the center of an alleged scam. Thomas J. Scalgione, 40, of Manahawkin and Mark Anthony Niemczyk, 66, of Tinton Falls were accused this week of promoting a bogus 9/11 victims' charity by driving around in a pickup truck painted with the names of first responders who perished. Through the efforts of resident and Patch blogger Charles Giles and others, the 9-foot steel beam was gifted to the Barnegat Township School district in time for the 10th anniversary of the attacks. "it is definitely the same truck that was used to bring the piece of steel," said Bill Cox, transportation …
Saturday, July 28, 2012
JCP&L Working to Restore Electricity; National Weather Service Had Issued Storm Alert
Tens of thousands are without power after a storm blew through Monmouth and Ocean counties Saturday. A half-hour storm just blew threw Ocean County and parts of Monmouth, and Jersey Central Power and Light says it hopes to have power restored by 3 p.m. The storm threat was issued for primarily northern Ocean and Monmouth counties. “We have 27,000 people in Ocean County who have been affected by the outage,” said Stan Prater, Area Manager for JCP&L. Prater explained that the towns hardest hit by the storm were Lacey, with 1,000 customers experiencing a power loss, Brick, which had 5,000 customers without electricity, Lakewood, with a total of 5,400 without power, and most especially, Toms River, which saw 11,500 who lost electricity. The …
F.Lee
4:27 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
n an article dated August 2, 2011 titled Truck that Transported Piece of Barnegat 9/11 Memorial Implicated in Alleged Scam. by Tom Davis, Colleen Platt and Chris Sheldon noted that a well known 9/11 advocate gave testimony in regards to his knowledge of the truck. Now this incident has been adjudicated would it be possible for all testimony to be released? This is a local story which made … more ›