Crime & Safety
Employee Stole $250K From Asbury Park Construction Company: Prosecutor
An Ocean Twp. man is accused of stealing more than $250,000 from an Asbury Park construction supply company, where he was the manager.
ASBURY PARK, NJ — An Ocean Twp. man is accused of stealing more than $250,000 from a construction supply company in Asbury Park, where he worked as a sales manager.
Mark Cocciardi, Jr., 46, of Ocean Township is charged with second-degree theft by deception.
The construction company was not named.
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Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago alleges that at various times from August 2021 into October 2022, Cocciardi used sales receipts to process fictitious returns of building materials that customers had previously purchased.
He then issued himself credit for the materials on his personal credit cards, just short of $268,800 in all.
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Cocciardi was arrested without incident Tuesday and served with a summons to appear in Monmouth County Superior Court.
This case was investigated by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit. Anyone with information about this or related matters is urged to contact MCPO Detective Bob Afanasewicz at 800-533-7443.
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