The Attorney General's Office announced that a former state employee and three others have been charged with stealing more than $33,800 from New Jersey's unemployment insurance fund.
Four state grand jury indictments were announced Thursday after investigations by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Division of Criminal Justice's Major Financial Crimes Bureau.
An indictment filed Wednesday charged Tequisha Evans, 28, of Hamilton, with theft by deception and two counts of unsworn falsification. Evans filed for unemployment benefits in August 2002, September 2003 and September 2004 although she allegedly performed data entry tasks at the state Division of Revenue while she was collecting those claims.
It is charged that, by not reporting the wages to the labor department, Evans illegally collected more than $6,800 in unemployment benefits.
An indictment filed Nov. 29 alleges that Kevin Lark, 39, of Pennsauken fraudulently received more than $7,000 in unemployment benefits.
Lark filed for unemployment benefits in June 2001. It is charged he began working at the Atlantic City Convention Center for Spectacor Management Group in September 2001 but did not report the earnings to the labor department.
Another indictment charges Nathan Harris, 41, of Columbus with theft by deception and unsworn falsification.
The indictment alleges that after Harris filed for unemployment benefits in December 2002, he began working for Cendant Mortgage in Mount Laurel. By not reporting the earnings to the labor department, Harris allegedly stole more than $8,500 in unemployment benefits.
The fourth indictment charged Patrick W. Persicano, 39, of Bound Brook with theft by deception and unsworn falsification for allegedly stealing more than $11,500 in unemployment benefits.
The indictment alleges that Persicano failed to notify the labor department that he was working as a painter for Fromkin Brothers in Edison at the same time he was collecting on a February 2003 unemployment benefits claim. The indictment charges that during this time period, Persicano also worked as a painter for Earl Monroe Group in Kenilworth.
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