NEWARK — A former employee of a Newark trucking company pleaded guilty to theft by deception for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced today. A prosecutor said Marco Laviola, 35, of North Bergen stole about $630,000 from Sal Son Trucking Company on Doremus Avenue between 2005 and 2007, according to a...
NEWARK — A former employee of a Newark trucking company pleaded guilty to theft by deception for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced today.
A prosecutor said Marco Laviola, 35, of North Bergen stole about $630,000 from Sal Son Trucking Company on Doremus Avenue between 2005 and 2007, according to a press release. The release said Laviola obtained false or fraudulent checks drawn on the company’s business account and distributed the money to co-conspirators.
As part of the scheme, the release said the checks were deposited into several bank accounts that were set up in the names of various companies. The money was later withdrawn from the accounts and distributed, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Assistant Prosecutor Jane Plaisted said Laviola, who stole the money to support his gambling habit, has agreed to make restitution to the victim. Laviola, who is free on $150,000 bail, is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 1. The state recommends a five-year sentence.
Two other people — Debra Schinnagle, 51, of Bayonne and Marvin Crespo, 35, of North Bergen — were charged along with Laviola. The prosecutor’s office said the cases against Schinnagle and Crespo are pending.