Five more Superstorm Sandy relief claimants face theft and fraud counts for allegedly collecting thousands for repairs and rental aid connected to secondary homes.

Gregory Wagner (NJ Attorney General's Office)
Gregory Wagner (NJ Attorney General's Office)
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Investigators in the office of acting New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman filed complaints against Gregory Wagner, 62, of Toms River; Christina Gumble, 54, of Forked River; Deborah Glatz, 58, of Putnam Valley, New York; Laura Matarazzo, 58, of Oakland; and Susan Saltstein, 65, of Pennington.

Christina Gumble (NJ Attorney General's Office)
Christina Gumble (NJ Attorney General's Office)
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The filings bring the number of defendants accused of collecting storm relief under false pretenses to 37 since March 2014.

Wagner is accused of receiving $159,822 in Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) grants that went straight to a contractor for repairs to a home on Avalone Avenue in Bayville, as well as $31,900 from FEMA for rent payments and property damage, and a $10,000 Homeowner Resettlement Program (RSP) award.

Deborah Glatz (NJ Attorney General's Office)
Deborah Glatz (NJ Attorney General's Office)
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Prosecutors contend that Wagner lived with girlfriend in Toms River and rented the Bayville house. He was rejected for an SBA loan, authorities said. He faces a second-degree charge of theft by deception and a fourth-degree count of unsworn falsification.

Gumble allegedly collected $23,676 from FEMA for rent payments on a dwelling in Lyndhurst she occupied after her home in Forked River was damaged. Prosecutors say that she stayed at her mother's house in Lyndhurst but submitted a false apartment lease and false rent receipts. She is charged with third-degree counts of theft by deception and tampering with public records.

Laura Matarazzo (NJ Attorney General's Office)
Laura Matarazzo (NJ Attorney General's Office)
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Investigators allege that Glatz collected $143,051 in RREM funds and $40,000 in SBA loan disbursements for a home on Mill Creek Road in Manahawkin that she claimed to be her primary dwelling. They believe that she and her husband lived in New York State and had bought the Manahawkin house as a rental property three days before the Superstorm. She is charged with second-degree theft by deception and fourth-degree unsworn falsification.

Matarazzo is accused of collecting $5,090 in relief from FEMA, a $10,000 RSP grant and $93,787 in RREM payments related to a storm-damaged home on Melody Lane in Lavallette. Prosecutors say the house was a vacation and rental unit, and that her primary home is in Oakland. · She is charged with second-degree theft by deception and fourth-degree unsworn falsification.

Susan Saltstein (NJ Attorney General's Office)
Susan Saltstein (NJ Attorney General's Office)
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Saltstein allegedly collected $23,512 from FEMA for home repairs and rental assistance connected to a house on Albright Road in Long Beach Towship that investigators say is a vacation and rental dwelling for her, claiming that her primrary house is in Pennington. She is charged with third-degree theft by deception and fourth-degree unsworn falsificaiton.

"We've charged more than three-dozen defendants in these Sandy fraud cases, and we're not finished," said Director Elie Honig of the Division of Criminal Justice, in a prepared statement. "We're committed to these aggressive efforts with our state and federal partners, because we need to deter this fraud, not only in relation to Sandy, but for any future disasters that might spawn this type of dishonest and selfish conduct."

Second-degree charges carry possible sentences of five to 10 years and fines up to $150,000 on conviction. Third-degree charges translate to prison terms of three to five years and fines up to $15,000. Fourth-degree crimes equate to sentences up to 18 months and fines up to $10,000.

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