The Old Bridge man plead guilty to accessing his dead co-worker's retirement account and transferred money to his own account.
Defendant formerly worked in Somerset County Superior Court. (File photo)SOMERSET -- A former Somerset County Superior Court employee plead guilty Tuesday to stealing $135,517 from the retirement account of a deceased co-worker moments after learning of her death, according to a report on dailyrecord.com.
Dennis Lordi, 60, of Old Bridge, admitted in Morris County Superior Court that shortly after being informed that Donna Dilullo died in an accident in 2013, he accessed her deferred compensation/retirement account held by Prudential, pretended to be her and transferred $135,517 into his own Prudential account. He was an administrative supervisor in the fee unit of the court, according to the report.
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Authorities said the money is being returned to Dilullo's estate. Lordi plead guilty to one count of theft by deception in connection with the retirement theft, the Daily Record reported.
The prosecution has recommended that Lordi be sentenced on April 1 to probation and a suspended, 364-day sentence in the Morris County Jail that he would serve if he violates probation, according to the report.
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