A state grand jury has returned a 21-count superseding indictment towards seven people and three company entities, following an investigation into an alleged longstanding family-operated prostitution ring at Club 35 in Sayreville.
The investigation into the strip membership alongside Route 35 revealed that it doubled as a home of prostitution that generated thousands and thousands of {dollars} in income, mentioned state Legal professional Common Matthew Platkin.
Pc exhausting drives seized in a search of the membership contained a whole lot of hours of video surveillance footage from safety cameras exhibiting numerous dancers performing sexual acts on patrons within the VIP rooms, in line with Platkin.
Proof seized in a search of the membership included a whole lot of condoms, lubricant and intercourse toys, Platkin mentioned.
The search of the membership additionally turned up a big bag containing roughly 700 condoms, in line with Platkin, and condoms had been additionally stocked in a merchandising machine within the membership’s locker room for dancers to buy.
The investigation discovered that clients paid a price to the enterprise to enter the VIP space for personal dances, then had the choice of paying extra variable charges on to dancers for intercourse throughout the time within the VIP rooms, Platkin mentioned.
The proceeds moved by quite a few financial institution accounts managed by the defendants, which had been used to hide the supply of the funds, Platkin mentioned.
“Our investigation decided that the operators of Membership (35) had been utilizing numerous unlawful means to show their membership right into a multimillion-dollar racket,” the legal professional basic mentioned in a information launch.
“No person must be fooled into considering that the superseding indictment meant that the state has something new or higher,” mentioned legal professional Jeffrey Bronster, who represents 5 members of the Acciardi household who owns Membership 35. “The dealing with of this investigation and prosecution by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Workplace was a humiliation. The Legal professional Common’s Workplace is attempting to wash it up and salvage what it will probably, however you’ll be able to’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.”
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The grand jury voted Monday to file felony prices towards Anthony Acciardi Sr., Doreen Acciardi and Stephen Acciardi, all of Freehold, in addition to Anthony Acciardi Jr., of Outdated Bridge, all who owned or managed Membership 35.
Different alleged co-conspirators charged are Jennifer Hecker, a dancer who allegedly solicited undercover detectives for industrial intercourse acts; Jeannine Nichols, a membership supervisor who’s the sister of Doreen Acciardi; and Jason Portes, Nichols’ husband who additionally was a Membership 35 supervisor, in line with Platkin.
The three company entities charged are Acciboys, LLC, an entity owned by Anthony Acciardi Jr. and Stephen Acciardi that owned ATMs; 35 Membership, LLC, doing enterprise as Membership XXXV; and Alana, Inc.
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The investigation confirmed sure defendants largely didn’t report the proceeds of the alleged illegal prostitution operation as taxable revenue, and allegedly established company entities to camouflage the true sources of the cash, in line with Platkin.
The investigation additionally decided that the alleged co-conspirators took steps to make the funds seem as if that they had been derived from lawful enterprise dealings, Platkin mentioned.
The indictment additionally alleges the membership illegally offered alcohol on premises, regardless of state laws prohibiting that apply. The enterprise is BYOB, however allegedly offered numerous forms of liquor that had been hidden in a rear shed on the property.
Among the defendants had been arrested on Might 12, 2021, when Sayreville police, together with the Middlesex County Weapons, Gangs and Medicine Job Pressure, working with the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Workplace, executed search warrants at Membership 35 following quite a few complaints of prostitution occurring there between 2019 and 2021.
The case was subsequently outdated by the Legal professional Common’s Workplace of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) Corruption Bureau.
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Financial institution data point out that since 2015, the defendants maintained each private and enterprise accounts related to their a number of companies, together with Membership 35 and Acciboys.
Since 2017, greater than $10 million had been deposited and withdrawn from these accounts, Platkin mentioned.
The indictment additionally alleges sure defendants considerably under-reported their revenue on state tax returns to evade taxes and to cover the proceeds of their felony exercise.
After executing search warrants, police recovered roughly $140,000 in money, $283,000 in gold and $297,000 in silver from the house of Anthony Acciardi Sr and Doreen Acciardi, Platkin mentioned. There was additionally $117,000 in money, $61,000 in silver and $47,000 in gold discovered within the residence of Anthony Acciardi Jr, the legal professional basic added.
The defendants are charged with the next offenses:
Anthony Acciardi Sr., 59
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Monetary Facilitation of Felony Exercise – 1st Diploma (3 counts)
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Selling Organized Road Crime – 2nd Diploma
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
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Misconduct by a Company Official – 2nd Diploma
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Submitting Fraudulent Tax Return – third Diploma
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Failure to Pay Earnings Taxes – third Diploma
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Failure to File Tax Returns – third Diploma
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Sustaining a Nuisance – 4th Diploma
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Sustaining a Sexually Oriented Enterprise – 4th Diploma
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Falsifying Data – 4th Diploma
Doreen Livingston, aka Doreen Acciardi, 56
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Monetary Facilitation of Felony Exercise – 1st Diploma (3 counts)
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Selling Organized Road Crime – 2nd Diploma
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
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Sustaining a Sexually Oriented Enterprise – 4th Diploma
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Misconduct by a Company Official – 2nd Diploma
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Submitting Fraudulent Tax Return – third Diploma
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Failure to Pay Earnings Taxes – third Diploma
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Failure to File Tax Returns – third Diploma
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Failure to Pay Enterprise Earnings Taxes – third Diploma
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Sustaining a Nuisance – 4th Diploma
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Falsifying Data – 4th Diploma
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Submitting Fraudulent Enterprise Tax Return – third Diploma
Anthony Acciardi Jr., 30
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Monetary Facilitation of Felony Exercise – 1st Diploma (3 counts)
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Selling Organized Road Crime – 2nd Diploma
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
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Sustaining a Nuisance – 4th Diploma
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Sustaining a Sexually Oriented Enterprise – 4th Diploma
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Misconduct by a Company Official – 2nd Diploma
Stephen Acciardi, 26
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Sustaining a Sexually Oriented Enterprise – 4th Diploma
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Selling Organized Road Crime – 2nd Diploma
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Sustaining a Nuisance – 4th Diploma
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Monetary Facilitation of Felony Exercise – 1st Diploma (3 counts)
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Submitting Fraudulent Tax Return – third Diploma
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Failure to Pay Earnings Taxes – third Diploma
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Failure to File Tax Returns – third Diploma
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Failure to Pay Enterprise Earnings Taxes – third Diploma
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
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Misconduct by a Company Official – 2nd Diploma
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Misconduct by a Company Official – 2nd Diploma
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Falsifying Data – 4th Diploma
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Submitting Fraudulent Enterprise Tax Return – third Diploma
Jason Portes, 41, of South Amboy
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
Jeanine Nichols, 59, of South Amboy
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
Jennifer Hecker, 45, of Parlin
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Monetary Facilitation of Felony Exercise – 2nd Diploma
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Theft by Deception – third Diploma
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Submitting Fraudulent Tax Return – third Diploma
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Failure to Pay Earnings Taxes – third Diploma
Acciboys, LLC
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Monetary Facilitation of Felony Exercise – 1st Diploma (3 counts)
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
35 Membership, LLC, doing enterprise as Membership XXXV
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Monetary Facilitation of Felony Exercise – 1st Diploma (3 counts)
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
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Submitting Fraudulent Enterprise Tax Return – third Diploma
Alana, Inc.
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Conspiracy – 2nd Diploma
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Racketeering – 1st Diploma
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Selling Prostitution – third Diploma
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