Bogus Charity Operators Ordered to Pay Civil Penalties, Permanently Barred from Charity Work
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 …
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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 ›