At least nine New Jersey residents had money stolen in a nationwide “grandparent scam” that defrauded hundreds of people out of millions of dollars, federal authorities allege. Sixteen people have been charged in connection with the scheme in which people tricked their victims into believing their grandchildren had been arrested following a car accident and needed money, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. In reality, there were no accidents and no grandchildren were arrested. Eleven men from the Dominican Republic ranging in age from 24 to 59 are charged in a 19-count indictment with mail and wi…