Ex-Plainfield school aide charged in $90K payroll scheme in New Jersey

Prosecutor says former employee allegedly kept collecting pay for two years after resigning.

Plainfield, New Jersey — A former Plainfield Board of Education employee has been charged with collecting more than $90,000 in unearned salary over a two-year period, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel announced Tuesday.

Kyna Felder-Ruiz, 43, is charged with second-degree theft of mislaid property following a months-long investigation b...