Adam Lacerda, 31, of Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, was convicted in September 2013 of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, nine counts of mail fraud and three counts of wire fraud flowing a seven-week trial before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman in Camden federal court.

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According to documents filed in this case and the evidence presented at trial:

Lacerda and his codefendants schemed to defraud hundreds of timeshare owners by offering fraudulent consulting services through their company, the Vacation Ownership Group (now VO Financial). Lacerda, the company founder, president and chief executive officer, devised the company’s fraudulent sales pitches. He directed his sales force to tell numerous lies to VO customers, including that VO worked with the banks holding the customers’ loans, would use money sent by customers to pay off the customers’ loans on their timeshares and could cancel customers’ timeshares with money back.

Three codefendants were convicted with Lacerda at the same trial: his wife, Ashley Lacerda, 35, the company vice president and chief operating officer, sent fraudulent contracts to customers and managed the office. Ian Resnick, 40, of Absecon, New Jersey, a convicted bank robber, started as a salesman giving the fraudulent sales pitch but became Adam Lacerda’s enforcer, with the title \”director of compliance.\” Genevieve Manzoni, 49, of Lake Worth, Fla. was a top VO sales representative who falsely told one victim she worked with a bank, another victim that she worked with a timeshare developer. They are all awaiting sentencing.

The 14 victims who testified at trial—including business executives, veterans, senior citizens, a lawyer and a professor—were defrauded out of a total of tens of thousands of dollars by the defendants’ sophisticated scheme.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Hillman sentenced Adam Lacerda to three years of supervised release.

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LEGALIZED THEFT: The police can take your property if they think it is involved with a crime, even if you aren’t a criminal.

By Grayson Quay | Watchdog Arena

It seems that groups from across the political spectrum, from progressives to libertarians, have finally managed to agree on something: Cops should not be given an incentive to steal from innocent people.

(CNBNews.net)–Gloucester City resident John Driscoll announced his candidacy today for the City Board of Education. There are three seats up for re-election.

Driscoll has a Masters of Special Education Degree. He has six years of substitute teaching experience.

A former member of the Gloucester City Police Department, Driscoll has experience as Gloucester City DARE Officer. Presently he is the current Vice Principal of Holy Name Elementary School in Camden City. 

The election is November 3.

His statement reads as follows: 

(Camden City, NJ) – The Camden County Police Department is investigating a sexual assault that occurred Thursday and is asking the public for help identifying the suspect and for information regarding any other similar incidents.

Around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, a female victim was approached by a man who forced her behind a dumpster and then sexually assaulted her behind the Off Broadway Lounge on the 500 block of Spruce Street. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, approximately 5’7\”, 170 pounds, wearing a white T-shirt, gray shorts, a black wave cap and high-top Nike Air Jordan sneakers with red and white soles.