Republican pleads guilty in multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud, COVID loan scheme

A Toms River man pleaded guilty Aug. 19 to orchestrating a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud conspiracy and fraudulently obtaining more than $1.8 million in federal pandemic relief loans, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Arthur Spitzer, 39, entered the plea before U.S. District Judge Edward S. Kiel to one count of bank and wire fraud conspiracy and Continue reading "Republican pleads guilty…