Jason S. McNeill
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of 48-year-old JASON S. MCNEILL of Wyckoff, NJ on charges of theft by deception and forgery. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Matthew Finck.
In April 2024, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit received information alleging JASON S. MCNEILL’s involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme. Detectives from the Financial Crimes Unit initiated an investigation into the activity and determined that MCNEILL solicited approximately $420,000 from investors by presenting them with forged documents. Specifically, the investigation revealed that MCNEILL represented to eight victims over the course of three months that the funds he was soliciting were to purchase investment properties, namely vacant lots for development in the City of Newark, which was false.
As a result of the investigation, on Thursday, October 3, 2024, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Financial Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at the residence of JASON S. MCNEILL in Wyckoff, NJ where he was arrested without incident. MCNEILL was charged with second-degree theft by deception, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-4; and third-degree forgery, N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1. MCNEILL was remanded to the Bergen County Jail pending his first appearance in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack, NJ.
Prosecutor Musella states that these charges are merely accusations, and that the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He would like to thank the Glen Rock Police Department and the Wyckoff Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.