There are real theft by deception cases in New Jersey that unquestionably fit the language of the theft by deception criminal statute. Recently, a Monmouth County local newspaper, The Hub, wrote a story about a Fair Haven New Jersey man who has been charged by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office with, among other charges, theft by deception. As an employee of Merrill Lynch, he is alleged to have taken investors money, and converted the money to his own use without ever having made the investment.
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