October 30, 09

NEWS / Camden County Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $20,000 Intended for the Division of Taxation

TRENTON – Attorney General Anne Milgram announced that a Camden County woman, who was employed to process tax amnesty claims, has pleaded guilty to stealing $20,000 intended for the Division of Taxation.

According to Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni, Sharee Ivory, 31, of Camden, pleaded guilty Monday (Oct. 26) to third-degree theft by unlawful taking or disposition and third-degree forgery before Superior Court Judge Irvin J. Snyder in Camden County. The charges were contained in an Aug. 5 state grand jury indictment.

Judge Snyder scheduled sentencing for Jan. 8, 2010, at which time the state will recommend that Ivory pay full restitution and serve a probationary sentence.

Ivory was a clerk employed by Pioneer Collection Agency, a private company that contracted with the New Jersey Division of Taxation to administer the New Jersey Tax Amnesty program.

In pleading guilty, Ivory admitted that in June, she obtained a $20,000 check made payable to the Division of Taxation, modified it to be made payable to herself, and deposited the check into her personal bank account.

Detective Myles Cappiello of the New Jersey State Police and Deputy Attorneys General Richard Queen and Erik Daab coordinated the investigation. Queen represented the Division of Criminal Justice at the guilty plea hearing.

http://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases09/pr20091029b.html