5 Arrested In Scam At Secaucus Jimmy Jazz Warehouse

SECAUCUS, NJ — Secaucus police say they have uncovered a scam ring going on at the Jimmy Jazz warehouse and multiple employees have been arrested, with more possible arrests to come.

Secaucus is the site of the JimmyJazz.com e-commerce division. Jimmy Jazz sells name-brand sports apparel, such as Timberland, Jordan, Nike, Reebok and more. The loss-prevention officer at the warehouse discovered multiple employees were processing customers' orders as their own and collecting the commissions through Ebates.

When people shop through Ebates.com they get a percentage or commission back from each order they place online. However, the Jimmy Jazz employees were using other peoples' online shopping orders as their own to collect the commission, police say.

Five people in total were arrested: Cynthia Grullon, 36, of Paterson, Simone Wallace, 28, of Jersey City, Cathedra Smart, 39, of Jersey City, Cynthia Geralds, 49, of Teaneck and Steven Aquino, 29, of Teaneck. Four were charged with theft by deception; three were charged with criminal attempt and all five were charged with computer criminal activity and conspiracy to commit theft.

Wallace was also wanted on an outstanding warrant in the amount of $198 from Union City. Additional arrests may follow, Secaucus police said.

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