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North Haledon resident escapes Craigslist Ridgewood Rental Scam

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March 29,2016
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Police report that on March 23 at 1pm, a North Haledon resident reported that she had been looking to rent an apartment in Ridgewood and located one using Craigslist.

The woman began to get suspicious when the contact person for the apartment began telling her that it would cost more than what was in the ad, that she could not see the apartment until after the security deposit and two months of rent was paid and asked her to wire the money to the contact person. According to Zillow Generally requests to wire funds are “Red Flags” that this is a scam.Fortunately the complainant realized this was likely a scam and did not wire any money or complete the transaction for the rental of the apartment. The Ridgewood Police would like to remind all residents to be wary of on-line or phone scams, especially those.

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Quick Thinking Ridgewood Police Officer stops IRS Scam

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Quick Thinking Ridgewood Police Officer stops IRS Scam
July 28,2015
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Ridgewood NJ, Quick thinking on the part of an observant bank teller and an immediate response by Ridgewood PD Patrol Officer Paul Dinice saved a local resident from becoming a victim of the increasingly pervasive “IRS Scam.” Officer Dinice was dispatched to a local Chase Bank branch (84 East Ridgewood Avenue) following receipt of a 911 telephone call from a bank teller there who reported that a very distraught female patron talking on a cell phone had asked to withdraw a large sum of money.
After arriving at the bank less than 60 seconds from being dispatched, Dinice quickly located and interviewed the intended victim. He determined almost immediately that the “IRS Scam” was in play and convinced the 57-year old resident to hang up the phone. Still distraught, the resident asked to be transported to a local pharmacy, a request Dinice cheerfully honored.
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Ridgewood Resident Gets Scammed in Craigslist Car delivery Scam

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July 28,2015
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Ridgewood NJ, On Tuesday July 21, 2015, a resident reported that he/she had entered into an agreement with a seller on Craigslist.com to purchase a motor vehicle. After the resident forwarded payment for the vehicle and shipping costs, the vehicle did not arrive as agreed upon. Upon further review of the transaction, the buyer realized that the advertisement was fraudulent and the seller had no intention of providing the vehicle. The matter was forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

How to Spot Car Scams on Craigslist

Craigslist can be a great resource to find new or used car deals in your local area. In some cases, if you are looking for a specific model of car, it can be tempting to purchase a car from another region of your country or from a different country entirely. When you are browsing cars for sale on Craigslist outside of your local area, you must learn how to recognize and spot the signs that indicate potential car scams. https://www.wikihow.com/Spot-Car-Scams-on-Craigslist

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‘Stupidity’ consultant agrees to testify

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‘Stupidity’ consultant agrees to testify

By Sarah Ferris – 11/25/14 06:00 AM EST

Jonathan Gruber, the former ObamaCare adviser in hot water for his comments about the “stupidity of the American voter,” has agreed to testify at a House panel next month, setting up a healthcare showdown in what could be the final week of this Congress.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will also hear from Obama administration official Marilyn Tavenner, who is under fire this week for using inflated enrollment figures for the healthcare law.

“Both Mr. Gruber and Administrator Tavenner have agreed to testify,” committee spokeswoman Caitlin Carroll told The Hill.

Both figures have played a role in major political headaches for the Obama administration, which is facing new allegations of “repeated transparency failures and outright deceptions” from Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).Gruber, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be grilled for a number of speeches he has given since 2010 that blame the Obama administration for intentionally obscuring details of the healthcare law in order to assure its passage.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/225236-stupidity-consultant-agrees-to-testify

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Yes, Jonathan Gruber Is An Obamacare “Architect”

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Yes, Jonathan Gruber Is An Obamacare “Architect”

The health law’s allies are trying to distance themselves from the economist’s remarks about the deception involved in passing the law. But they’re only proving him right.

Peter Suderman | November 18, 2014

In the space of a week, Jonathan Gruber has become a non-person in Washington. Until last Monday, the MIT health economist was widely and uncontroversially cited as an “architect” of the Affordable Care Act, a go-toexpert regarding the law’s politics and mechanics. But after multiple videos surfaced in which Gruber said or implied that the bill’s backers relied on deception and an assumption of voter stupidity in order to pass it, Obamacare’s backers moved swiftly to distance themselves from Gruber and downplay his role in the creation of the law.

Asked about Gruber’s videotaped declaration that “lack of transparency” provided “a huge political advantage,” Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi responded dismissively. “I don’t know who he is,” she said. “He didn’t help write our bill.” A Wall Street Journal item by Neera Tanden, the president of the liberal Center for American Progress and a former administration staffer, opened by insisting that Gruber “did not make policy, nor did he work for the White House, HHS, or any congressional committee.” Jay Angoff, the former overseer of the health law’s implementation at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), told Politico that Gruber was neither a legislator nor a staffer. “He’s like 300 million other Americans who can have their opinion.”

Even the president himself weighed in. Responding over the weekend to questions about Gruber’s statements, President Obama pushed back on Gruber’s role, labeling him “some adviser who was never on our staff.” Gruber’s remarks, Obama said, were “not a reflection on the actual process that was run” when crafting and passing Obamacare.

https://reason.com/archives/2014/11/18/yes-jonathan-gruber-is-an-obamacare-arch

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Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies

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Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies

By ROBERT PEARNOV. 17, 2014

WASHINGTON — As Americans shop in the health insurance marketplace for a second year, President Obama is depending more than ever on the insurance companies that five years ago he accused of padding profits and canceling coverage for the sick.

Those same insurers have long viewed government as an unreliable business partner that imposed taxes, fees and countless regulations and had the power to cut payment rates and cap profit margins.

But since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, the relationship between the Obama administration and insurers has evolved into a powerful, mutually beneficial partnership that has been a boon to the nation’s largest private health plans and led to a profitable surge in theirMedicaid enrollment.

The insurers in turn have provided crucial support to Mr. Obama in court battles over the health care law, including a case now before the Supreme Court challenging the federal subsidies paid to insurance companies on behalf of low- and moderate-income consumers. Last fall, a unit of one of the nation’s largest insurers, UnitedHealth Group, helped the administration repair the HealthCare.gov website after it crashed in the opening days of enrollment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/us/politics/health-law-turns-obama-and-insurers-into-allies.html

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Corrections officer, Georgia inmate accused of trying to bilk Bergen County residents

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Corrections officer, Georgia inmate accused of trying to bilk Bergen County residents

MAY 19, 2014, 7:19 PM    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014, 7:19 PM
BY ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

A corrections officer and an inmate from Georgia are accused of being part of a larger conspiracy that involves people posing as law enforcement officers from Bergen County and elsewhere, and asking people to pay court fines to avoid being arrested, authorities said in a news release Monday.

The conspiracy has spread to a dozen states and included calls from people claiming to be from the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office asking for payment from people who failed to make court appearances or who missed jury duty, Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said.

The investigation led to the arrest of Clarinda K. Carter, a corrections officer at Wheeler State Correctional Facility in Alamo, Ga., and Covian J. Camp, an inmate at Autry State Prison in Pelham, Ga., Saudino said.

Authorities believe Carter and Camp “collaborated to target Bergen County residents” and are “the first two arrests in a nationwide scam that we believe will lead to many more arrests in the coming months,” Saudino said.

They each were charged with two counts of second-degree theft by extortion and two counts of fourth-degree impersonating a law enforcement officer, Saudino said.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/corrections-officer-georgia-inmate-accused-of-trying-to-bilk-bergen-county-residents-1.1019236#sthash.XqV4eYqg.dpuf