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Man accepted $470,995 in unearned pay

BERNARDS, N.J., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- An Illinois man pleaded guilty to accepting $470,995.53 in paychecks from a New Jersey company despite rejecting a job with the firm.

Anthony Armatys, 35, was hired as a senior systems analyst/systems architect for New Jersey telecommunications firm Avaya in September 2002 and turned in the necessary human resources paperwork, but he was forced to decline the job due to the terms of his contract with his employer at the time.

However, Somerset County, N.J., prosecutor Wayne Forrest said the Avaya's computer system failed to remove Armatys from the payroll and he received ...

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