Rutherford man was in Italy while his time sheets said he was working, prosecutors say

💸 Prosecutors say forged time sheets claimed shifts on days a Hudson County parks worker was in Naples, Italy.
❗ Alfonso Zamarra, 58, of Rutherford is charged with 28 counts of wire fraud and was released on $100,000 bond.
➡️ Investigators say he collected more than $45,000 in county pay and over $57,000 in unemployment benefits.

Mismatched handwriting and a vacation to Italy blew the cover on a Hudson County parks worker’s tap of taxpayer money, according to federal prosecutors.

Alfonso Zamarra, 58, of Rutherford is charged with 28 counts of wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He appeared in Newark federal court on Wednesday and was released on $100,000 bond.

The FBI says Zamarra had a no-show job that made six figures through pay and unemployment benefits…