New Jersey Man Admits Role in $2 Million Fraudulent Check Scheme Targeting Home-Improvement Stores

NEWARK, N.J. – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a phony check scheme that resulted in the theft of over $2 million in merchandise from multiple home improvement stores throughout the country, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

John Muyeka, 44, of Sayreville, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with one count of misprision of a felony before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

Starting in December 2013 and continuing through February 2017, Muyeka and other conspirators agreed to obtain merchandise or store credit from home improvement stores in locations along the eastern United States, including New Jersey, by purchasing items with fraudulent checks.

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