NJ: Atlantic City councilman charged with voter fraud, obtaining false unemployment benefits
Federal Prosecutors have charged Atlantic City Councilman MD Hossain Morshed with creating a false voter registration during the 2019 campaign, alleging that he made false statements to the FBI and submitted $39,208 worth of fake unemployment benefit claims with the state Department of Labor.
Morshed allegedly convinced a prospective voter to sign a voter registration form that had already been filled out using an address in Atlantic City’s 4th Ward, where the prospective voter did not live.
A vote-by-mail ballot was later returned by that voter, who told law enforcement that they didn’t receive the ballot, fill it out, or return it.
The voter appears to have worn a wire – the U.S. Attorney’s press release calls it a “lawfully recorded conversation” with Morshed, who allegedly told the voter to lie about where they lived and who filled out the voter registration form if asked by law enforcement.
A statement from U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger’s office alleged that Morshed “made materially false statements” when approached and questioned by the FBI. Prosecutors accused Morshed of saying that he “never provided any voter documents to any prospective voter, never assisted any prospective voter in filling out such documents, and never collected any such documents from any prospective voter.”
https://newjerseyglobe.com/local/atlantic-city-councilman-charged-with-voter-fraud-obtaining-false-unemployment-benefits/
