A Sussex County man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $2.1 million in COVID-19 relief funds.
Nikenson Jean Mathurin, 46, of Sparta — also known as “Nik Mathurin” and “Jean Mathurin” — was sentenced Oct. 28 by a U.S. district judge in Trenton federal court. In addition to the 6½-year prison sentence, Mathurin was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $2,131,747 in restitution.
Mathurin was convicted in May 2026 following a four-day jury trial on three counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering…