Byron is scheduled to be sentenced in January.
Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron at a commissioners meeting in April 2023 while under indictment for health benefits fraud.The former mayor of Wildwood had pleaded guilty to theft by unlawful taking in connection with an indictment from last year that accused him of fraudulently participating in the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program by lying about working a full-time, 35-hour week in order to receive benefits.
Peter J. Byron entered his plea Friday in New Jersey Superior Court, the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General said in a statement Monday. Byron also pleaded guilty Friday to falsifying or tampering with records and filing a fraudulent tax return in connection withAdvertisement Byron previously pleaded guilty in March 2023 to federal tax charges in connection with that incident, and was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay $21,000 in fines and restitution. HeWith Byron’s plea, both indictments have now been resolved, the state attorney general’s office said. As part of the agreement, the office recommended a three-year prison sentence. Additionally, Byron must also pay restitution and faces a lifetime ban from holding public office.
Byron’s participation in the health benefits program cost taxpayers about $609,000 between July 2011 and October 2021, the office said.Byron’s other case stems from an April indictment in which state prosecutors alleged that in 2017, he abused his position as Wildwood’s commissioner by taking an unspecified job from a city attorney.
State prosecutors’ allegations were similar to those made by federal prosecutors in an earlier case. In their case, federal prosecutors said that Byron omitted more than $40,000 worth in income from a consulting job he had solicited.
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