Ex-NJ Transit executive admits to $1.3M cellphone theft scheme, tax fraud

Former NJ Transit manager pleads guilty after stealing and reselling 1,000+ phones

TRENTON, N.J. – A former NJ Transit supervisor admitted in court to orchestrating a years-long scheme to steal more than 1,000 agency-issued cellphones and resell them for personal profit, netting hundreds of thousands of dollars while failing to report the income for tax purposes.

Peejay Manila, 37, formerly of Hackensack and now of ...