Tax Troubles—Former NFL star and Totowa resident Plaxico Burress is the first prosecution in New Jersey under a new law “that makes a failed electronic funds transfer (EFT) the same as [writing] a bad check,” Acting Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri announced in a press release on April 30.

The law, signed by Gov. Chris Christie last September, cleared up discrepancies over the penalties that came with bouncing a check and filing a failed e-payment. Both offenses now carry the potential of criminal charges.

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