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  Three Passaic county Men Charged with Scheme to Defraud Moving Company Customers
  

  The following describes a pending government action that has been formally brought by a government agency but has not yet been resolved. We are providing a summary of the governments allegations, which have not yet been proven.

  Dec. 20, 2021 - NEWARK, N.J. – Three Passaic County men have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to extort increased fees for moving services from vulnerable customers.

  According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

  The Abuawad brothers created at least one moving company, Abda Moving LLC, d/b/a 11Even Movers & Storage (11Even), and employed AlMallad as a manager. The defendants and their conspirators utilized 11Even to extort customers to pay drastically increased fees for moving services once the customer was in a vulnerable state and unable to refuse their demands. 

  After demanding a higher price, 11Even regularly failed to deliver customers’ household goods for months at a time or at all. When customers called 11Even to complain about the price increase and failed deliveries, Abdalh, AlMallad or other conspirators would field the calls.  They often claimed to be looking into complaints but rarely returned any customer phone calls and ultimately failed to answer any subsequent calls or texts.  

  Abdal Abuawad  was arrested in New Mexico on Dec. 13, 2021, and was released on $300,000 unsecured bond. His brother, Abdalh Abuawad,  and Yousef AlMallad,  both of Paterson, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge  in Newark federal court on Dec. 10, 2021, following their arrests and were each released on $300,000 unsecured bond. All three are each charged by complaint with one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud.

  The charge and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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