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November 9, 2007
TRENTON Two Jersey Shore residents are among five people charged with fraudulently collecting a total of more than $77,000 from New Jersey's unemployment insurance trust fund, authorities said Thursday.
Charged in separate indictments are Joseph A. Pipitone, 37, of Bradley Beach; Michael Bonyoczeczky, 62, of Toms River; Robert P. Hay, 39, of Piscataway; Shanda R. Dorsey, 35, of East Orange; and Lori Norfleet, 38, of Newark, Attorney General Anne Milgram said in a prepared statement.
"These cases were first identified by Labor Department investigators by cross-matching employer-submitted wage information against unemployment insurance benefit payments; pursuing leads from employer protests of unemployment insurance benefit charges; surveying employer payroll records; and responding to alerts from concerned citizens,"David J. Socolow, commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, said in the release.
Pipitone, Bonyoczeczky, Dorsey and Norfleet are charged with third-degree theft by deception and fourth-degree unsworn falsification. Hay is charged with two counts of third-degree theft by deception and one count of fourth-degree unsworn falsification.
The indictment alleges:
That Pipitone, while collecting on a February 2002 unemployment insurance benefits claim, was employed as a cook at the The Holiday Inn, Eatontown and at The Meritage Restaurant in Wall, defrauding the state of $12,936.
Bonyoczeczky filed for unemployment insurance benefits in January 2003 but between February and October 2003 he was employed by Wentworth Group, defrauding the state of $8,155.
Hay, after filing for unemployment benefits in March 2002, was employed by J. Seranza Brickwork Inc. in Whitehouse Station, Prismatic Development Corp. in Fairfield, Rocket Construction in Jersey City and Railroad Construction in Paterson. While collecting on a March 2003 claim, Hay is accused of earning wages from Cobra Construction in New Brunswick. He is accused of stealing $26,840 from the state fund.
Dorsey filed for unemployment benefits in January 2003 and subsequently earned wages from Skillman Salad I, LLC, operating as Saladworks, defrauding the state of $17,212.
Norfleet filed four separate benefits claims in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006. After filing these claims, Norfleet was employed as a customer service representative at Shore Vans Inc. in Hillside, thus defrauding the state of $12,157 in unemployment benefits.
Third-degree crimes carry a sentence of up to five years in state prison and a fine of up to $15,000, while fourth-degree crimes carry a sentence of up to 18 months in state prison and a fine of up to $10,000, the attorney general said.
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