Shipping company billed for deliveries that were never made
LONG VALLEY-- The owner of a local freight shipper was sentenced to 41 months in prison for fraudulently billing more than $3 million, the office of U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement.
Courtney Shorter, a 48-year-old resident of Roselle and Memphis, owned Sam Shorter and Son Delivery Service. He previously admitted in court that between 2008 and 2010, he charged an invoice processor in Florida for the transportation of shipments to a New Brunswick company that were in fact never made. Shorter submitted more than 1,700 fraudulent invoices, using the cash for personal expenses, including more than $120,000 in jewelry, authorities said.
In addition to his prison sentence, Shorter must pay more than $3 million in restitution.
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