Officials announced today that Patrick A Trushell, II, 39 of Toms River, was sentenced to 5 years to New Jersey state prison, by Ocean County Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski, on the charges of 2nd degree Theft by Deception and 3rd degree Failure to File a State Tax Return.
According to authorities, Trushell engaged in the acts of theft by deception against three different energy brokerage companies.
Trushell, utilized his positions at these companies to obtain customer lists and customer accounts and filtered them to a fourth company that paid him a commission and to his own company, Chrono Energy, LLC, all the while collecting a full time salary from all three resulting in a theft over $250,000 in compensation pursuant to exclusive employment agreements between 2013-2014.