POLICE ISSUE FRAUD ALERT

From Maplewood Police today:

The Maplewood Police Department is actively investigating 

a purported debt management company called “TGC Movement” 

with a business office located at 1980 Springfield Ave, allegedly 

involved in a scheme to defraud clients with promises 

to reduce their debt by 35 percent for a nominal fee.  

The department has received in excess of twenty complaints 

reporting that the proprietor of the company, Mr. Germaine 

Theodore, has taken money in advance, from clients in 

exchange for a promise to settle their debt without actually 

making payments to creditors and other debt holders. 

The Maplewood Police Department is urging citizens to report 

any interaction they may have had with “TGC Movement” or its 

proprietor Mr. Germaine Theodore indicating suspicious or 

fraudulent activity. 

The Maplewood Police Department has been in contact with 

the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and Attorney General’s 

Office concerning this investigation. 

In addition, the Newark Star Ledger’s Karin Price Mueller, 

who writes a column called “Bamboozled,” has written 

a piece on the matter in the Monday, September 23, 2013 

Business Section.