Owner Of Commercial Supply Company Admits He Defrauded Public And Private Customers Of More Than $700,000

A part owner of Bayway Lumber, a Linden, New Jersey, company that sold commercial and industrial products to numerous public and private entities, today admitted his role in a scheme to defraud customers out of $708,386, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Robert R. Dattilo, 61, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.