New Jersey Woman, Colombian Lover Convicted in $13 Million Federal Program Fraud Scheme
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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 Assistant…
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