Man pleads guilty to writing bad checks to purchase various used cars in Sussex County
NEWTON, NJ (Sussex County) – A Bergen County man pleads guilty to writing bad checks to purchase various used cars, according to Acting Sussex County Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart.
Fadi Taha, 43, of Elmwood Park Borough pled guilty on June 2 to two counts of third-degree bad checks before the Honorable Michael C. Gaus, J.S.C. at the Sussex County Courthouse in Newton, Taggart said.
In pleading guilty, Taha admitted that he did issue or pass a check or similar sight order for the payment of money knowing that it would not be honored by the victim, specifically by writing two checks from a bank account knowing that the account was closed, to purchase various used cars, Taggart said
He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 3.
Taha was represented by Thomas F. Militano, Esq., and the State was represented by Special Deputy Attorney General and Acting Assistant Prosecutor Jonathan E. McMeen.
