21 INDICTED IN GETTING FRAUDULENT CASH ADVANCES AT AC CASINOS

The state has gotten an indictment against 21 people for their alleged roles in a scheme in which they took cash advances at Atlantic City casinos against phony checks deposited into TD Bank accounts. The alleged ringleader of the scheme, Michael Williams, of Sickerville, will face charges of second-degree counts of conspiracy, money laundering, and theft by deception. The other 20 defendants were charged with third-degree counts of conspiracy, money laundering, and theft by deception. The charges are the result of an investigation by the New Jersey State Police Casino Investigation Financial Crimes Unit and the Division of Criminal Justice Specialized Crimes Bureau.