TRENTON – Attorney General
Anne Milgram announced that a Camden County
woman, who was employed to process tax amnesty
claims, has pleaded guilty to stealing $20,000
intended for the Division of Taxation.
According to Director Deborah
L. Gramiccioni, Sharee Ivory, 31, of Camden,
pleaded guilty Monday (Oct. 26) to third-degree
theft by unlawful taking or disposition and
third-degree forgery before Superior Court
Judge Irvin J. Snyder in Camden County. The
charges were contained in an Aug. 5 state
grand jury indictment.
Judge Snyder scheduled sentencing
for Jan. 8, 2010, at which time the state
will recommend that Ivory pay full restitution
and serve a probationary sentence.
Ivory was a clerk employed
by Pioneer Collection Agency, a private company
that contracted with the New Jersey Division
of Taxation to administer the New Jersey Tax
Amnesty program.
In pleading guilty, Ivory
admitted that in June, she obtained a $20,000
check made payable to the Division of Taxation,
modified it to be made payable to herself,
and deposited the check into her personal
bank account.
Detective Myles Cappiello
of the New Jersey State Police and Deputy
Attorneys General Richard Queen and Erik Daab
coordinated the investigation. Queen represented
the Division of Criminal Justice at the guilty
plea hearing.
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