Woodbridge Family Ran IT Fraud Businesses, Prosecutor Alleges

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Two people who live in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge have been taken into custody and charged with orchestrating an IT fraud scheme that prosecutors say made them more than $450,000.

Saurabh Bhambri, 27, and Poonam Bhambri, 57, of Sewaren were arrested in April. However, their arrests were just announced Wednesday.

A third person, Karan Bhambri, 30, of Ewing, was also charged. They are all members of the same family.

According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone, the Bhambris ran a range of IT, networking and computer-help small businesses based in Woodbridge, under many different names. They advertised their services with the public.

However, police say they persuaded their clients to give them remote access to their personal computers, which they then used to obtain personal identifying and banking information.

Prosecutors are also building a case against the Bhambri family, and are asking the public to call in any information they might have. Woodbridge residents may have used their services in the past, said the county prosecutor.

Here is a list of businesses the three operated:

• SR Business Services – Woodbridge Township
• SKR Communications, LLC – Colonia section of Woodbridge Township
• Earthlink Networking Services, LLC – Woodbridge Township
• Inciti Intermodal, LLC – Sewaren section of Woodbridge Township
• Tradex Indous Corporation – Sewaren section of Woodbridge Township
• Business Web, LLC - Ewing Township
• SK Communications - Ewing Township
• Inspired Networking Services, LLC – Dayton section of South Brunswick
• Shivoham Partnership, LLC - Ewing Township
• Delloid, LLC – Sewaren section of Woodbridge Township

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Christopher Van Eerde of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3300 or Detective Anthony Ramos of the Carteret Police Department at (732) 541-4181.

Saurabh Bhambri was charged with financial facilitation of criminal activity, theft by deception, identity theft and forgery.

Poonam Bhambri was charged with financial facilitation of criminal activity, identity theft and forgery.

Karan Bhambri was charged with conspiracy to commit financial facilitation of criminal activity.

The Homeland Security Newark field office helped with the investigation.

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