{"id":10137,"date":"2015-03-18T11:36:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T18:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=10137"},"modified":"2015-03-18T11:36:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T18:36:21","slug":"man-admits-to-rigging-hud-bidding-process-to-steal-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=10137","title":{"rendered":"Man Admits to Rigging HUD Bidding Process to Steal Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/City-of-Bayonne-New-Jersey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10142\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/City-of-Bayonne-New-Jersey-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"City of Bayonne New Jersey\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/City-of-Bayonne-New-Jersey-150x150.jpg 150w, 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energy efficiency or code compliance, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bayonne chose contractors through a bidding process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the facts and circumstances surrounding this case, according to officials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Between January 2012 and December 2012, Youngclaus solicited and submitted bids from competing contractors that were higher than the bids that Youngclaus submitted to the city of Bayonne on behalf of JRY plumbing.<\/li>\n<li>On at least one occasion, Youngclaus received blank invoices from a competing contractor and Youngclaus wrote the job details and price quote on the blank invoice and submitted the fraudulent bid along with a lower bid from JRY to Bayonne&#8217;s Community Development Agency for a certain grant-funded job to be awarded the project.<\/li>\n<li>Twice, Youngclaus submitted fraudulent bids from competing c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRENTON, NJ\u2014\u00a0A man who concocted a scheme 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