New Jersey Woman, Colombian Lover Convicted in $13 Million Federal Program Fraud Scheme
Jael Watts, 45, of Alloway, New Jersey, and Luis Pino-Copete, 42, of Bogota, Colombia, were convicted by a jury of orchestrating a sweeping nationwide scheme to steal millions of dollars in federal program funds administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), designed to benefit elderly, disabled, and homeless Americans. First...
What happened
Jael Watts, 45, of Alloway, New Jersey, and Luis Pino-Copete, 42, of Bogota, Colombia, were convicted by a jury of orchestrating a sweeping nationwide scheme to steal millions of dollars in federal program funds administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), designed to benefit elderly, disabled, and homeless Americans. First...
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2 reports · 1 original report · 1 independent
- U.S. Department of JusticePrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%New Jersey Woman, Colombian Lover Convicted in $13 Million Federal Program Fraud Scheme ↗
- U.S. Department of JusticePrimary source · Supports · EN · 61%Operation Thunder Hole: New Jersey Woman, Colombian Lover Convicted in $13M Federal Program Fraud Scheme ↗
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