2008 |
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| 12/19/08 |
Former Union City Zoning Board Member Sentenced to Five Months in
Prison, Five Months in Halfway House for Extortion |
| 12/18/08 |
Pittsgrove Man Arrested for $1.9 Million Investment Fraud |
| 12/15/08 |
Former Assemblyman Alfred Steele Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal
Prison for Attempted Extortion |
| 12/10/08 |
Jury Convicts Three Serial Bank Robbers |
| 12/10/08 |
Former Housing Rehabilitation Director in New Brunswick Sentenced
to 87 Months for Taking $112,500 in Bribes |
| 12/10/08 |
Beverly Man Sentenced to 132 Months for Armed Bank Robbery |
| 12/05/08 |
West
New York Man Admits Ripping Off Employer Through Fake Employee Payroll
Scheme |
| 12/04/08 |
Suspended
Passaic County Sheriff’s Department Detective-Sergeant Pleads
Guilty to Conspiring to Steal Cocaine from Evidence Vault |
| 12/03/08 |
Ringleader
of Major Bank Fraud Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison |
| 12/03/08 |
New
Jersey-Based Medquist Pays U.S. $6.6 Million to Resolve False Claims
Act Allegations |
| 12/02/08 |
Maplewood
Man Admits Money Laundering; Case Stems from “Operation Bid
Rig” Corruption Probe (pdf) |
| 12/01/08 |
Former
Paterson Housing Official Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Taking
Bribes |
| 11/24/08 |
Amid
Trial, Former Newark Official Pleads Guilty and Admits Taking $10,000
in Bribes (pdf) |
| 11/24/08 |
Multi-Million
Dollar Home Equity Line of Credit, Identity Theft and Computer Intrusion
Ring Busted (pdf) |
| 11/18/08 |
Former
State Senator Wayne Bryant Guilty of All Counts for Schemes to Obtain
a Corrupt Low-Show Job at UMDNJ and Fraudulently Pad State Pension
|
| 11/14/08 |
Brick
Man Charged with Production, Receipt, and Possession of Child Pornography |
| 11/13/08 |
Freehold
Mortgage Broker Sentenced to 12 Months Home Confinement as Part
of Term of Probation for Bank Fraud |
| 11/12/08 |
Principal
Member of “Route 35 Crew” Named in Superseding Indictment
for 13 Robberies in New Jersey and One Home Invasion in Pennsylvania |
| 11/07/08 |
U.S.
Army Colonel and Lt. Colonel Convicted of Conspiracy for Role in
Fraud Scheme in al-Hillah, Iraq |
| 11/05/08 |
Middlesex
County Couple Admits Fleecing Investors of $2.5 Million |
| 10/24/08 |
Former
Pleasantville Board of Education Member Sentenced to 42 Months in
Prison for Conviction of Corruption Charges |
| 10/24/08 |
Former
Guttenberg Mayor and Wife Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Corruption,
Tax Fraud Convictions |
| 10/23/08 |
Jersey
City Man Pleads Guilty to String of Merchandise Shipment Thefts |
| 10/21/08 |
Former
Orange Mayor and State Assemblyman Mims Hackett Sentenced to Nine
Months in Prison and Nine Months Home Confinement for Taking $5,000
Bribe (pdf) |
| 10/21/08 |
Three
Arrested in Mortgage Fraud Scheme |
| 10/17/08 |
Deputy
U.S. Marshal Charged with Providing a Firearm to a Convicted Felon |
| 10/16/08 |
Parsippany
Building Inspector Sentenced for Taking $5,000 in Bribes |
| 10/15/08 |
Superseding
Indictment Adds Bribery and Extortion Charges Against Former Passaic
Councilman Jonathan Soto (pdf) |
| 10/15/08 |
East
Brunswick Man Sentenced to 47 Months in Prison for Defrauding Insurance
Companies of More Than $2.5 Million (pdf) |
| 10/14/08 |
Former
Branchburg Republican Committee Treasurer Admits Embezzlement of
Committee’s Funds (pdf) |
| 10/14/08 |
Plainfield
Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Killing U.S. Companion
in Pakistan in Attempt to Loot Estate (pdf) |
| 10/07/08 |
Former
Local 825 Business Manager Admits Looting Union and Taking Bribes
from Contractors (pdf) |
| 10/07/08 |
Livingston
Man with Extensive Criminal Fraud Record Arrested Today for Investment
and Social Security Fraud |
| 10/01/08 |
Visiting
Priest Admits Fondling Teenager Aboard Newark-Bound Jetliner
(pdf) |
| 09/29/08 |
Former
N.J. State Trooper Admits Receiving, Selling Rolex Watches Stolen
by “Smash-and-Grab” Robbery Ring |
| 09/29/08 |
Pleasantville
Pimp Convicted of Prostituting Minors |
| 09/26/08
|
Tax
Preparer Sentenced to 12 Months in Federal Prison for Fraudulent
Preparation of Tax Returns |
| 09/24/08
|
New
Jersey Hospital to Pay $3.85 Million to Resolve Allegations of Inflating
Charges to Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement |
| 09/22/08
|
Founder
of Prominent Engineering Firm Admits Paying $15,000 to Former Ocean
Township Officials |
| 09/22/08 |
GKB
Bloods Leader Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison for Crack Cocaine
Distribution |
| 09/18/08 |
Developer
Indicted for Allegedly Bribing Former Parsippany Planning Board
Attorney |
| 09/17/08 |
Passaic
City Councilman Charged with Perjury, Obstruction (pdf) |
| 09/16/08 |
Former
President of Operating Engineers Local 825 Sentenced to 27 Months
in Prison for Union Corruption (pdf) |
| 09/09/08 |
Bergen
County Municipal Attorney and Political Party Chairman Indicted
in Scheme to Defraud Using Grants Consulting Company |
| 09/09/08 |
Sayreville
Man Admits Running Steroid Manufacturing Operation Out of Home |
| 09/04/08 |
Property
Owner Accused of Bribing West New York Building Official |
| 09/02/08 |
Former
ITXC Corporation Executives Sentenced for Roles in Foreign Bribery
Scheme |
| 08/25/08 |
Another
Member of "Route 35 Crew" Pleads Guilty, Admits Home Invasion
in Pennsylvania |
| 08/20/08
|
Former
Paterson School Board Member Arrested, Charged with Taking Bribes
to Influence Contracts |
| 08/19/08
|
Former
New Brunswick Official Already Serving Prison Sentence Pleads Guilty
to Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting His Wife |
| 08/18/08
|
West
New York Architect/Attorney Admits Making False Statements to Federal
Agents During Corruption Probe (pdf) |
| 08/15/08
|
Former
Passaic Mayor Sentenced to 21 Months In Prison for Extortion
(pdf) |
| 08/14/08
|
Leading
Member of “Route 35 Crew” Admits Thirteen Robberies
(pdf) |
| 08/14/08
|
Former
Paterson Housing Official Admits Taking Bribes (pdf) |
| 08/13/08
|
Four
Charged in Paterson-Based Mortgage Fraud, Property-Flipping Scheme
(pdf) |
| 08/13/08 |
Cumberland
County Cocaine Supplier Sentenced to 360 Months in Prison |
| 08/12/08
|
Clifton
Woman Arrested for $10 Million Ponzi Scheme (pdf) |
| 08/11/08
|
Associate
of Robbery Crew Admits Pennsylvania Home Invasion (pdf) |
| 08/11/08 |
BlueCross
BlueShield of Tennessee to Pay U.S. $2.1 Million to Resolve False
Claims Act Allegations |
| 08/04/08
|
Brother
Sentenced to 71 Months in Prison for String of Bank Burglaries |
| 08/01/08
|
Four
Contractors Sentenced to Prison for Bribing New Brunswick Housing
Rehab Officials (pdf) |
| 07/31/08
|
New
Jersey Attorney Admits Role in Conspiracy to Defraud Mortgage Lenders
(pdf) |
| 07/31/08
|
West
New York Code Enforcement Official Admits Accepting More Than $30,000
in Bribes (pdf) |
| 07/29/08 |
Ex-Newark
Mayor Sharpe James Sentenced to 27 Months for Land Fraud Scheme;
Mistress Given 15-Month Term (pdf) |
| 07/28/08 |
Ringleader
of $20 Million Bank Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty |
| 07/24/08 |
Second
Serial Bank Robber Charged In A Week: FBI Sends A Message! |
| 07/24/08 |
Two
Down, One To Go: the FBI Needs Your Help |
| 07/23/08 |
Couple
Charged With Bank Robbery |
| 07/23/08 |
“Smash
and Grab” Jewelry Store Robbers Indicted (pdf) |
| 07/18/08 |
Leader
of Cumberland County Cocaine Trafficking Network Sentenced to 120
Months in Federal Prison |
| 07/17/08 |
Priest
Indicted for Fondling 16-Year-Old Aboard Newark-Bound Jetliner |
| 07/16/08
|
Two
Women Sentenced to Long Prison Terms for $14 Million Mortgage Fraud
(pdf) |
| 07/15/08
|
Fake
Checks, Fake Companies, Real Trouble |
| 07/11/08
|
Jury
Convicts West New York Man in $2 Million Investment Fraud(pdf) |
| 07/11/08
|
Polish
National on a Plane Charged With Assault |
| 07/09/08 |
Former
Irvington Housing Authority Section 8 Director and N.J. Parole Officer
Charged with Embezzling Section 8 Housing Funds |
| 07/07/08 |
Former
Local 825 Lead Engineer Admits Taking Bribes from Contractors |
| 07/02/08 |
Former
City of Newark Technology Contractor Admits Defrauding Cisco Systems
of Millions of Dollars (pdf) |
| 06/30/08
|
Two
Private Company Executives Sentenced to Prison for $5 Million Investor
Fraud |
| 06/30/08
|
Another
Cardiologist Settles with Government Over Improper Patient Referrals
to UMDNJ |
| 06/27/08 |
Former
Parsippany Board of Ed Member Admits Tax Charge on Capital Gains
from Property “Flips” |
| 06/25/08
|
Superseding
Indictment Adds New Allegations of Financial Abuses by Former Local
825 Business Manager, His Father and Others |
| 06/23/08 |
Former
Samsung America Director Admits Embezzling More Than $1 Million
(pdf) |
| 06/20/08 |
Former
Marlboro Township Mayor Matthew Scannapieco Sentenced to 21 Months
in Prison for Taking $245,000 in Bribes (pdf) |
| 06/10/08 |
Alleged
Mastermind of $75 Million Mortgage Fraud and Investment Scheme Arrested
(pdf) |
| 06/06/08 |
Monmouth
County Real Estate Partner Sentenced to One Year for Bribing Authority
Executive Director (pdf) |
| 06/05/08 |
Monmouth
County Developer Sentenced to Two Years for Bribing Authority Executive
Director, Obstructing Justice (pdf) |
| 06/05/08 |
Wisconsin
Man Sentenced for Conveying "Sick" Terrorism Hoax to Detonate
Dirty Bombs at U.S. Football Stadiums (pdf) |
| 06/04/08 |
Former
Paterson Housing Inspector Gets 18 Months for Extortion
|
| 06/03/08 |
Former
Second in Command at Kushner Companies Convicted of Conspiring to
Defraud the United States |
| 05/27/08 |
Former
Orange Mayor and State Assemblyman Mims Hackett Admits Taking $5,000
Bribe (pdf) |
| 05/23/08 |
Former
President of Operating Engineers Local 825 Pleads Guilty to Receiving
Bribes; Second Defendant Also Pleads (pdf) |
| 05/21/08 |
Construction
Company Owner Indicted in Linden Housing Corruption Investigation
(pdf) |
| 05/20/08 |
Bayonne
Man About to Go on Trial Pleads Guilty to Structuring Cash Deposits
Totaling Nearly $3 Million (pdf) |
| 05/19/08 |
Parsippany
Building Inspector Admits Taking $5,000 in Bribes (pdf) |
| 05/14/08 |
Pleasantville
Man Convicted of Being “Bagman” for Corrupt Payments to
Board of Education Member (pdf) |
| 05/13/08 |
Former
Executive of New Jersey Technology Company Sentenced to Nine Years
in Prison for $5 Million Investor Fraud |
| 05/12/08 |
Government
Dismisses Second Set of Charges Against Sharpe James; Sentencing
to Go Forward in July (pdf) |
| 05/09/08 |
Passaic
Mayor Pleads Guilty to Extortion (pdf) |
| 05/08/08 |
23
Reputed Crime Family Members and Associates Charged in Racketeering,
Gambling, Extortion Indictment |
| 04/30/08 |
Former
Housing Rehabilitation Director in New Brunswick Pleads Guilty,
Admits Taking $112,500 in Bribes (pdf) |
| 04/29/08 |
Guttenberg
Mayor and His Wife Convicted of Corruption, Tax Fraud (pdf) |
| 04/28/08 |
Mercer
County Man Pleads Guilty to String of Bank Robberies (pdf) |
| 4/24/2008
|
Owner
of Newark Construction Business Admits Bribing Former Linden Housing
Official |
| 4/22/2008
|
Government
Sues Another Cardiologist to Recover Fraudulent Receipt of Salary
at UMDNJ (pdf) |
| 4/17/2008
|
Government
Sues Cedar Grove Cardiologist to Recover Fraudulent Receipt of Salary
at UMDNJ (pdf) |
| 04/16/08 |
Ex-Newark
Mayor Sharpe James Guilty on All Counts; Mistress Convicted With
Him |
| 04/15/08 |
Second
Defendant Admits Hunterdon County Bank Robbery |
| 04/09/08 |
Ewing
Attorney Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography |
| 04/07/08
|
Executive
of Defunct Cheesemaker Suprema Specialties Sentenced to 96 Months
in Prison for Fraud That Led to Bankruptcy |
| 04/03/08 |
Former
New Brunswick Official Already Serving Prison Sentence Charged with
Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting His Wife (pdf) |
|
04/02/08
|
Irvington
Woman Arrested on Charges of Bank Fraud
|
| 03/27/08 |
Executive
of New Jersey Cheesemaker Suprema Specialties Sentenced to 180 Months
in Prison for Fraud That Led to Bankruptcy (pdf) |
| 03/26/08 |
Former
Local 825 Business Agent Admits Taking Bribes from Contractors,
Implicates Others (pdf) |
| 03/25/08 |
Maplewood
Man Indicted for Money Laundering; Case Stems from “Operation
Bid Rig” Corruption Probe (pdf) |
| 03/20/08 |
Elizabeth
Doctor Pleads Guilty to Engaging in Health Care Fraud, Implicates
Others (pdf) |
| 03/19/08 |
Man
Admits Role in Scheme to Defraud Cendant Mortgage Corporation of
$2 Million (pdf) |
| 03/19/08 |
Colorado
Securities Attorney Sentenced to 84 Months In Federal Prison for
$15 Million Stock Scheme (pdf) |
| 03/18/08 |
Former
N.J. Business Owner Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Tax Evasion
and Multimillion Dollar Fraud Scheme (pdf) |
| 03/18/08 |
Bayonne
Man Indicted for Structuring $3 Million in Cash (pdf) |
| 03/11/08 |
Two
Local 825 Union Officials Arrested On Indictment for Taking Bribes
(pdf) |
| 03/10/08 |
Two
GKB Bloods Leaders Plead Guilty to Crack Cocaine Distribution Charges
(pdf) |
| 03/10/08 |
Tax
Preparer Admits Assisting in Preparation of False Partnership Tax
Return for Kushner Companies (pdf) |
| 03/07/08 |
Members
of Two Camden Cocaine Distribution Organizations Convicted for Drug
Distribution (pdf) |
| 03/07/08 |
Newark
Man Indicted for “Smash-and-Grab” Jewelry Store Robbery
Spree (pdf) |
| 03/07/08 |
Member
of Cumberland County Cocaine Trafficking Network Sentenced to 96
months in Prison (pdf) |
|
03/05/08
|
New
Jersey Healthcare Consulting Firm To Pay U.S. $2.875 Million To
Resolve Allegations Of Medicare Fraud
|
| 03/04/08 |
Cathedral
Healthcare System To Pay U.S. $5.3 Million To Resolve Allegations
Involving Inflated Charges To Obtain Higher Medicare Reimbursement
|
| 03/04/08 |
Bloomfield
Physician Sentenced to 132 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy
(pdf) |
| 03/04/08 |
Former
Newark Court Clerk Sentenced to 31 Months in Federal Prison for
Taking Bribes to Sanitize Criminal Record (pdf) |
| 03/03/08 |
Former
Securities Broker Sentenced to 42 Months in Federal Prison for Stock
and Extortion Schemes (pdf) |
| 02/29/08 |
Consultant/Lobbyist
Sentenced to 27 Months in Federal Prison on Mail Fraud and Tax Evasion
Charges (pdf) |
| 02/28/08 |
Two
Cardiologists Admit $840,000 Embezzlement from UMDNJ
|
| 02/28/08 |
Wisconsin
Man Pleads Guilty to Conveying Terrorism Hoax to Detonate “Dirty
Bombs” at Seven U.S. Football Stadiums |
| 02/27/08 |
Former
Pleasantville Board of Education Member Convicted for Scheme to
Collect a Bribe in Exchange for School Board Contract (pdf) |
| 02/26/08 |
Bank
Robbers Each Sentenced to More Than 65 Years for Three Armed Robberies
in Central Jersey (pdf) |
| 02/20/08 |
Four
New Jersey Men Charged in Thefts from Three Interstate Shipments
|
| 02/19/08 |
Third
Brother Pleads Guilty to String of Bank Burglaries |
| 02/14/08 |
Partner
of Accounting Firm Used by Kushner Admits Conspiring to Defraud
the United States and Aiding in Filing of False Tax Returns |
| 02/14/08 |
Linden
Official Admits Taking More Than $180,000 in Bribes; His Brother
and One Other Defendant Also Plead Guilty in Scheme |
| 02/14/08
|
Former
Senator Joseph Coniglio Charged with Fraud, Extortion in Connection
with Hackensack University Medical Center |
| 02/13/08 |
Parsippany
Board Attorney Admits Helping Developer, and Receiving Benefits
for Himself and Family Members |
| 02/11/08 |
Former
Accountant for Kushner Companies Admits Tax Fraud Conspiracy
(pdf) |
| 02/08/08 |
Adult
Day Care Facilities V.P. Gets 55 Months in Prison for Defrauding
Medicaid of $5.5 Million (pdf) |
| 02/07/08 |
Tax
Fraud Charges Added to Corruption Indictment Against Ex-New Brunswick
Housing Rehabilitation Official (pdf) |
| 02/04/08
|
Buyer
Of Bayonne Hospital To Pay U.S. $2.5 Million To Resolve Allegations
Of Medicare Fraud |
| 02/01/08
|
Nigerian
National Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Scheme to
Distribute Fraudulent Checks |
| 01/30/08 |
Former
Passaic Councilman Jonathan Soto Indicted for Attempting to Sell
Influence and Attempted Drug Possession |
| 01/29/08
|
Leader
and a Member of the “Bounty Hunters” Bloods Gang Sentenced
for Crack Cocaine Distribution |
| 01/28/08 |
East
Brunswick Man Admits Defrauding Insurance Companies |
| 01/28/08 |
Former
Paterson Housing Inspector Admits Extortion |
| 01/25/08 |
Maplewood
Man Charged with Money Laundering; Case Stems from “Operation
Bid Rig” Corruption Probe (pdf) |
| 01/24/08 |
Owner
of Plainfield Driving School Gets 41 Months in Prison for Conspiring
with MVC Employees to Sell Drivers’ Licenses (pdf) |
| 01/24/08 |
“Hat
Bandit” Gets 120 Months for String of Bank Robberies (pdf) |
| 01/24/08 |
United
States Joins False Claims Act Cases Against Three New Jersey Hospitals |
| 01/18/08 |
Thirteen
People Indicted, Seven More Plead Guilty, in $20 Million Home Equity
Loan Scheme (pdf) |
| 01/18/08 |
New
Brunswick Man Admits Bank Robbery and Conspiracy, Including Attempted
Heist Leading to Death of FBI Agent (pdf) |
| 01/16/08 |
Grand
Jury Indicts Passaic Mayor Rivera for Allegedly Accepting a $5,000
Bribe in Exchange for His Influence (pdf) |
| 01/08/08 |
FBI
Safe Streets Task Force Arrests Members of the“793 Bloods”
Set of the “Bloods” Street Gang |
| 01/07/08
|
Former
Asbury Park Cop and Accomplice Sentenced to Prison Terms for Deprivation
of Civil Rights and Obstruction of Justice |
