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A New Jersey woman was charged in federal court on November 19, 2025, in a case prosecutors say grew out of a staged attack reported to law enforcement in July. The Justice Department says Natalie Greene, 26, of Ocean City, was charged with conspiracy to convey false statements and hoaxes and with making false statements to federal law enforcement. Greene made her initial appearance the same day before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Pascal and was released on a $200,000 unsecured bond, according to the department. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/employee-federal-official-charged-conspiracy-falsely-report-violent-attack-and-giving))

According to the criminal complaint, the incident was reported late on July 23, 2025, when Greene’s co-conspirator called 911 and said Greene and another woman had been attacked by three men while walking on a trail at a nature preserve in Egg Harbor Township. The complaint says the caller told police the men had called Greene by name and referenced her employment with a federal official. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/employee-federal-official-charged-conspiracy-falsely-report-violent-attack-and-giving))

When officers found Greene, she was lying in a wooded area off the trail with her hands and feet bound with black zip ties, according to the complaint. Prosecutors say she had cuts on her face, neck, upper chest, and shoulder, and that words including “TRUMP WHORE” and “[Federal Official 1] IS RACIST” had been written on her body. The complaint also says Greene later repeated the account to law enforcement, including an FBI agent. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/employee-federal-official-charged-conspiracy-falsely-report-violent-attack-and-giving))

The government says the evidence pointed the other way. Investigators allege Greene had not been attacked by three armed men and instead had paid a body modification and scarification artist to make the injuries based on a pattern she supplied beforehand. The complaint also says investigators found black zip ties in Greene’s car and that a cellphone used by the co-conspirator had searched for “zip ties near me” two days before the reported attack. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/employee-federal-official-charged-conspiracy-falsely-report-violent-attack-and-giving))

The charges are allegations, not proof, and Greene is presumed innocent unless and until she is convicted. Still, the complaint describes a carefully staged scene built to look like a violent assault and then presented to authorities as real. If prosecutors prove their case, the fallout would be both criminal and practical: false claims like this can pull investigators, emergency responders, and federal agents into a case that never happened. ([justice.gov](https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/employee-federal-official-charged-conspiracy-falsely-report-violent-attack-and-giving))