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For Immediate Release:  
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February 20, 2009  

Peter Aseltine
609-292-4791

Office of The Attorney General
- Anne Milgram, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Deborah L. Gramiccioni, Director

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Trenton Man Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Fraudulent Vehicle Titles

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TRENTON – Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced that a Trenton man has pleaded guilty to obtaining fraudulent vehicle titles with the assistance of a former Motor Vehicle Commission clerk.

According to Director Gramiccioni, Corey Tucker, 34, of Trenton, pleaded guilty late yesterday afternoon to an accusation charging him with second-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct before Superior Court Judge Gerald J. Council in Mercer County. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that he be sentenced to four years in state prison. Judge Council scheduled Tucker’s sentencing for April 2.

In pleading guilty, Tucker admitted that he fraudulently obtained a number of motor vehicle titles in the names of other people. The investigation revealed that Tucker obtained the titles with the assistance of a clerk, not identified in the accusation, who formerly worked in the Special Titles Unit of the Motor Vehicle Commission in Trenton. The clerk allegedly circumvented the regular titling procedures using a special procedure by which public agencies obtain an application for certification of ownership (CO) for abandoned vehicles that will be sold at public auction.

The clerk was responsible for processing applications for CO’s, which are issued to the public agency auctioning the car and transferred to the purchaser at auction. To obtain a motor vehicle title, the purchaser returns the completed application for CO, signed by an official at the public agency, to the Special Titles Unit. The investigation revealed that the clerk used the application for CO procedure to fraudulently give Tucker titles for vehicles not auctioned by a public agency.

Tucker was charged as the result of an investigation conducted by the State Police Auto Unit’s Document Fraud Squad and the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, with assistance from the Motor Vehicle Commission Security & Investigations Office. The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Jacqueline D. Smith, head of the MVC Unit in the Division of Criminal Justice Major Crimes Bureau, and Deputy Attorney General Jacqueline Cistaro. Deputy Attorney General Smith handled the plea hearing for the state.

Detective Sgt. Mark Wilhelm and Detective Scott C. Newkirk of the State Police Auto Unit’s Document Fraud Squad led the investigation. Detectives Kelly Howard and Darrell Washington of the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor assisted and are continuing the investigation.

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