Andrew Biddle was declared missing in July after a boat he was supposedly riding in crashed off the New Jersey coast

Andrew Biddle and his business partner Tracy Blumenstein face a whole new slew of charges after he allegedly faked his death last summer.

Biddle, an avid powerboat racer, was declared missing in July after a boat he was supposedly riding in hit a buoy and crashed into a jetty near the tip of Longport, New Jersey. His family joined together with the local Coast Guard for an 18-hour search, but he was never found.

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Weeks later, police revealed that they believed Biddle, 45, had staged his death to avoid criminal charges. Biddle and Blumenstein had been indicted on multiple counts of theft by deception and fraud.

Biddle finally resurfaced in February, when he turned himself in to authorities – offering no explanation for his seven-month absence. Mark Roddy, Biddle’s attorney, simply said he’d received a call from his client saying he “wanted to step up and do the right thing.”

“He voluntarily returned from wherever he was, when he probably could have stayed there ad infinitum,” Roddy said.

The men were out on bail on Monday when the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office announced a 34-count indictment against Biddle and Tracy Blumenstein, adding new charges to the ones they already faced when Biddle disappeared last year, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Authorities say the two defrauded eight victims, selling boats for them without giving them their share of the proceeds and writing bad checks.

Initially, Biddle faced three counts of theft by deception, but now he and Blumenstein each face seven counts of theft by deception, five counts of theft by illegal retention and two counts of passing checks, as well as one count each of conspiracy, theft by unlawful taking and deceptive business practices, CBS News reports.

They remain free on bail. Lawyers for both did not immediately return requests for comment, according to the Inquirer.