CAMDEN — An Ocean City woman, former aide to U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted due to her employment with a federal official, acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba announced.
Natalie Greene, 26, was charged with one count of conspiracy to convey false statements and hoaxes and one count of making false statements to federal law enforcement. The hoax included having herself cut numerous times with a scalpel by a body modification artist in Pennsylvania days before the alleged attack.
On Nov. 19, Greene made her initial appearance in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Pascal. Greene was released on a $200,000 unsecured bond and additional conditions.
According to statements made in court and documents filed in the case:
Late at night on July 23, 2025, Greene’s co-conspirator called 911 and reported that she and Greene had been attacked by three men when they were out walking on a trail at a nature preserve in Egg Harbor Township.
According to the co-conspirator, during the attack, the men had called Greene by name and had specifically referenced her employment as an aide for a federal official, identified in media reports as Van Drew, R-District 2.
When law enforcement officers located Greene, she was lying in a wooded area just off the trail with her hands and feet bound...
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