Thread by @MissMaga2016

Another day, another case of #NewJersey corruption.

Sudhan M. Thomas, the former President of Jersey City Board of Education & and former Acting Exec Director of Jersey City Employment & Training Program, and Point Pleasant Attorney Paul H. Appel were charged w embezzlement...

https://twitter.com/USAO_NJ/status/1323389187853328387

They were charged with embezzlement, money laundering, and fraud.

Attorney Appel was also Treasurer for Thomas’s 2016 campaign for Jersey City Board of Education (JCBOED).

Jersey City Employment and Training Program (JCETP) is a non-profit that helps Jersey City residents with entering the workforce. They get funding from the Federal Government.

While Thomas was Acting Executive Director, he had access to those funds and to JCETP's bank accounts. He caused checks to be issued to Appel, who in turn would redirect those funds back to Thomas.

Thomas also embezzled JCETP money by issuing checks made out to cash that he cashed himself or made out to "Next Global" where Thomas was also a Director.

Thomas was elected to a seat on the JCBOED in 2016 & Appel was his Treasurer. Both of them collected campaign contributions and embezzled over $8000 for their personal use.

Thomas ran again in 2019 and did the same thing - he embezzled over $6000 from his campaign.

In 2016, both Thomas and Appel scammed a Florida-based tech company out of more than $48,000.00.

They also scammed a Florida-based housing company.