NJ Transit Worker Sold $700K In Agency Phones: Attorney General

NJ Transit Worker Sold $700K In Agency Phones: Attorney General

Bergen County Man Sold $700K In Phones Owned By NJ Transit: AG - Ridgewood-Glen Rock, NJ - A NJ Transit worker from Bergen County stole and resold $700K in agency phones, said NJ Transit.

NJ Transit executive stole $700K in company phones and sold them, officials say

A 37-year-old NJ Transit executive has been charged after authorities say he stole $700,000 worth of phones from the agency and then sold them for profit. Peejay Manila bought about 850 phones from November 2020 through September 2024 and then sold them to a trade-in company, keeping the money for himself, the state Office of the Attorney General said.

An employee of NJ Transit was accused of participating in a scheme of years for selling cell phones purchased from agency funds, illegally obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars for personal benefit, according to Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin. Peejay Manila, 37, resident of Hackensack, New Jersey, and employee of NJ Transit since December 2019, faces charges of theft and receipt of stolen property, authorities said. According to the co…