Vanessa Allen, an East Orange resident, Jeffson Cues, a Newark resident, Nerlande Etienne, an Irvington resident and Rose Allen, an East Orange resident, collected unemployment benefits to which they were not entitled, Platkin said.
Allen was hired to work as a clerk for the Department of Labor during the pandemic, at the same time she was collecting unemployment benefits, Platkin said. She is charged with four counts of official misconduct, pattern of official misconduct, theft by deception and tampering with public records, Platkin said.
She used her official position at the department to obtain benefits for herself and others, obtaining $56,030 for herself in unlawful funds. Cues obtained $41,689 in unemployment benefits, Etienne obtained $59,701 in unemployment benefits and Rose Allen obtained $33,459 in unemployment benefits, Platkin said…