(Source: nj.com) TRENTON — An Ocean County couple who own two home improvement companies has been charged with stealing more than $1million from Hurricane Sandy victims and using the money to gamble and buy luxury items instead of repairing the homes they were hired to rebuild, authorities said Wednesday.

Jeffrey Colmyer, 41, and Tiffany Cimino, 43, who live together in Little Egg Harbor, were arrested and charged Tuesday with theft by failure to make required disposition of property, money laundering, misconduct by a corporate official, financial facilitation of criminal activity, tampering with public records, filing a fraudulent tax return, failure to file a tax return and failure to pay tax, said state Attorney General Christopher Porrino.

The couple's home improvement contracting companies – Rayne Construction Management Services, LLC (RCMS) and Colmyer & Sons Construction, LLC. – were also charged with theft, money laundering, financial facilitation of criminal activity and tampering with public records...