FBI Unmasks Corruption Activities in New Jersey
This incident is another example of corruption among those holding statutory powers and betraying people’s trust.
Some rabbis, three mayors and some law makers were arrested on money laundering, bribery and organ trafficking charges. The sting was conducted by FBI agents.Roughly 44 people were arrested for criminal charges in NJ including, Hoboken Mayor Peter J. Cammarano III and Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, both Democrats, and Assemblyman Daniel M. Van Pelt, a Republican from Forked River, in Ocean County.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who has fought corruption in New Jersey’s largest city, told The Star-Ledger it’s “an unbelievable morning so far.” This sting is elaborately described in http://www.nj.com/. Look at it’s clippings below.
[[The CW met Cammarano, who was then running for mayor, in April at the Malibu Diner, along with Michael Schaffer, a North Hudson Utilities Authority commissioner and former Hoboken Councilman.
The CW told Cammarano he would give Schaffer $10,000 if the mayor could "expedite" his development plans.
From the complaint:
Defendant Cammarano explained that "[i]t can go on the agenda just as soon as there’s a sponsor for it . . . That happens like that.”
The CW inquired, “So, if you sponsor it, boom?”
Defendant Cammarano replied, “Yeah.”
When the CW stated “make sure you get my stuff expedited,” defendant Cammarano assured the CW that “I promise you . . . you’re gonna be, you’re gonna be treated like a
friend.”
According to the criminal complaint, Schaffer acted as a middle man for the money.]]
NYC criminal defense lawyer said “FBI has uncovered numerous corruption incidents in NJ. The charges are yet to be proven in the court.” Fort Lauderdale divorce lawyer said “It is revealed that few rabbis were charged with conspiring to arrange the sale of an Israeli citizen’s kidney for $160,000 for a transplant for the FBI informant’s fictitious uncle.” The author of “Online Banking and Payment” said “In the overall money laundering investigation, approximately $ 650,000 was given to political leaders in form of favors. Vulnerable people sold their kidneys for 10,000 dollars and in turn human organ traffickers sold them for $ 160,000.” Acute Phosphate Nephropathy lawyer said “Similar large scale corruption investigations have taken place twice in NJ exposing many criminal activities by religious and political leaders throughout NJ. This is the third such investigation.”
