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Gravestone dealer charged with ripping off N.J. customers indicted on federal fraud charges

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Several gravestones were made for Colonial Memorials, which did not provide the stones to customers or refund their money, prosecutors allege. (Ed Murray | For NJ Advance Media) Ed Murray | For NJ Advance MediaEd Murray | For NJ Advance Media

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A federal grand jury has indicted a gravestone dealer on charges that he defrauded nearly 500 customers in New Jersey and surrounding states out of more than $1.5 million by accepting payments for headstones and never delivering products or providing refunds.

The indictment, unsealed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, accuses Gregory J. Stefan Jr., 54, of Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania, of seven counts of wire fraud and details cases in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.

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