 Written by Laura Stetser 
 
 EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP – The Egg Harbor Township Police Department issued the following statement regarding a news report Friday, Aug. 1 that an Egg Harbor Township resident Andrew Biddle, 44, allegedly staged a recent boating accident to avoid prosecution in a pending fraud investigation: 
 
 “The Egg Harbor Township Police Department is currently investigating Mr. Andrew C. Biddle of Professional Boat Sales, 125 Margate Boulevard, Egg Harbor Township for numerous criminal acts of theft and fraud. This scenario must be considered, and the Egg Harbor Township Police Department’s Detective Bureau is obligated to investigate and prosecute Mr. Biddle for the aforementioned criminal acts until Mr. Biddle’s whereabouts are officially determined.” 
 
 New Jersey State Police were called into to search for a Biddle, who fell overboard after a boating accident near the jetty in Longport Sunday, July 20. Along with business parter Tracy Blumenstein, he is one half of team Livorsi Marine and Team Pro Boat, which captured the 2012 and 2013 U.S. championships in P1 SuperStock, a small offshore powerboat racing series. Biddle operated Professional Boat Sales, located in the township, alongside his partner in business and sport, Tracy Blumenstein, who also faces theft-related charges. The Philadelphia Inquirer sums up some of the things that Biddle would theoretically be on the run from: 
 
 A number of criminal complaints this year against Biddle and Blumenstein, provided by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office, allege they conned customers. In May 2013, according to one record, they sold a boat and trailer for $17,000, plus taxes and fees, through the company and never provided the owner of the property with compensation. Another filing states that in 2012, Biddle sold a motor as new even though it had been used for more than 150 hours. The pair are also accused of failing to provide a pontoon boat to a man who paid a $20,000 deposit for it in March 2013. Blumenstein was arrested in February at the Atlantic City Boat Show, following a months-long investigation, in the alleged "fraudulent sale of a boat," and charged with issuing bad checks totaling $33,000, police announced at the time. Theriault said he was "proceeding with the investigation as we would if [Biddle] hadn't been reported missing." Advertisement 
 
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 The coast guard conducted an 18-hour search that covered more than 60 miles and included helicopters and the help of private boaters, but no trace of Biddle was found. "We have no proof Biddle is dead at this point," Theriault said when asked by the Press about the flyer.
– A champion boat racer went missing after a boat crash last month, but police don't think he's dead. No, according to a flyer officers distributed, which was picked up by the Press of Atlantic City, Andrew Biddle is likely "alive and well and on the run." The 44-year-old is apparently in all kinds of trouble that might make him flee, Deadspin reports. He co-owns a company called Professional Boat Sales, and was arrested in February over the "fraudulent sale of a boat," the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. He's also been accused of selling a used motor as new and writing tens of thousands of dollars' worth of bad checks. When Biddle's boat crashed off New Jersey last month, the man who'd accompanied him managed to swim to shore. "We conducted a nearly 20-hour search, but after exhausting all resources, the chances for survival based on water temperature and time in the water is slim," a Coast Guard official told the Current. Biddle's attorney told reporters that their questions were "the first I've heard" of the story, the Press reports. Earlier this year, a banker faked his own death, and apparently managed to convince even his family.