Manasquan Man Charged With Money Laundering, Theft

MANASQUAN, NJ — A Manasquan man is accused of using a former business client’s credit card to purchase items he then resold to another client, a plot that netted more than $200,000, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced Wednesday.

Adam C. Kleinwaks, 55, of Manasquan is charged with second-degree money laundering and second-degree theft. He works as a salesman for a printing company.

Earlier this year, this matter was referred to the MCPO Financial Crimes and Special Prosecutions Unit by the security division of a credit card company. The prosecutor said Kleinwaks had been fraudulently using a former client’s credit card to make unauthorized purchases of items costing more than $130,000.

The Monmouth County prosecutor said Kleinwaks took the labels for recreational commercial products he purchased and then resold them to another company, receiving more than $200,000 in checks as payment. He allegedly then cashed those checks and made multiple cash deposits into a bank account he controlled.

Kleinwaks turned himself in to authorities last week and was released on a summons, with a first appearance in Monmouth County Superior Court tentatively set for Thursday, October 10.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Diane Aifer of the Monmouth County Prosecutor Financial Crimes and Special Prosecutions Unit. Kleinwaks is being represented by Thomas Huth, Esq.

Anyone with further information about the activities of this defendant is asked to contact MCPO Detective Robert Afanasewicz at 800-533-7443.