http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/23/new.jersey.arrests/
QuoteMayors, rabbis arrested in corruption probe
(CNN) -- About 30 people, including some New Jersey mayors and several rabbis, were arrested Thursday in a federal investigation of public corruption, the U.S. attorney's office in Newark, New Jersey, said.
The probe also involves a "high-volume, international money-laundering conspiracy," according to a statement from the office.
Among those arrested in the public corruption portion of the investigation are Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, New Jersey Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt and Leona Beldini, a Jersey City deputy mayor.
Several rabbis in New York and New Jersey also were arrested in connection with the money-laundering portion of the investigation.
A news conference is planned for around noon ET, with federal court appearances to start about 2 p.m., officials said.
Cammarano, a former city councilman at large in Hoboken, was elected mayor in June and inaugurated July 1.
According to his campaign Web site, he pledged to "lower taxes, reform government and deliver real change for Hoboken."
Rabbis are corrupt?! Damn there goes the last bit of my innocence.
Quote from: Valmy on July 23, 2009, 09:52:04 AM
Rabbis are corrupt?! Damn there goes the last bit of my innocence.
In New Jersey, even the Rabbis are on the take. :lol:
Quote from: DGuller on July 23, 2009, 09:50:43 AM
Peter Cammarano III,
Nobody with an Italian surname could possibly be corrupt! :o
Quote from: Valmy on July 23, 2009, 09:52:04 AM
Rabbis are corrupt?! Damn there goes the last bit of my innocence.
Just the Jewish ones.
Wow. I never thought I'd see the day when people are arrested for corruption in New Jersey.
I honestly think the Mafia could probably run Jersey better than the legitimate government does.
Quote from: Caliga on July 23, 2009, 09:58:12 AM
I honestly think the Mafia could probably run Jersey better than the legitimate government does.
You mean the mafia
doesn't run New Jersey? :huh:
Quote from: Malthus on July 23, 2009, 09:52:44 AM
In New Jersey, even the Rabbis are on the take. :lol:
'Well...perhaps the Torah can say I can drive on Saturday if I leave this bag of cash on the table here'
We need a US specific failed state index.
Quote from: Berkut on July 23, 2009, 10:10:15 AM
We need a US specific failed state index.
Failed: All of them.
Easy.
Quote from: Malthus on July 23, 2009, 09:59:35 AM
Quote from: Caliga on July 23, 2009, 09:58:12 AM
I honestly think the Mafia could probably run Jersey better than the legitimate government does.
You mean the mafia doesn't run New Jersey? :huh:
I'm saying we ought to just legitimize it and do away with the 'official' government as being wasteful and redundant. Replace the 'Governor' position with the 'Boss' position and all that. :)
Jews running financial crime and organ harvesting? Say it ain't so! :P
In my head, these rabbis look like either Gene Hackman's portrayal of Lex Luthor or the Marty Krugman character from Goodfellas.
This is a pretty huge affair! All kinds of corruption, illegalities, by some very respected people. Illegal trafficking in kidneys, buying them from poor people over seas, and selling them for huge profits. All kinds of stuff; this is nasty and so many people involved!
That's Newark for you; we actually had to change our driver's license format a couple years ago because there was no way to cull the sheer number of fake licenses that were coming out of their DMV offices.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on July 24, 2009, 07:21:57 AM
That's Newark for you; we actually had to change our driver's license format a couple years ago because there was no way to cull the sheer number of fake licenses that were coming out of their DMV offices.
:blink: Sheesh....
Quote from: KRonn on July 24, 2009, 07:27:31 AM
:blink: Sheesh....
There was also another corruption scandal a year or two ago involving employees in Paterson responsible for Newark's Section 8 program... 3 women charged with theft by deception, totaling over $1.4 million, taken from the program.
Trenton's just as bad, but tends to not air its dirty laundry out across the state quite as much.
Quote from: Slargos on July 24, 2009, 05:03:36 AM
Jews running financial crime and organ harvesting? Say it ain't so! :P
Syrian Jews. Mizrahim, not Ashkenazim.
If it was Ashkenazim, they wouldn't have been caught. :D
Quote from: DontSayBanana on July 24, 2009, 07:38:24 AM
There was also another corruption scandal a year or two ago involving employees in Paterson responsible for Newark's Section 8 program... 3 women charged with theft by deception, totaling over $1.4 million, taken from the program.
Trenton's just as bad, but tends to not air its dirty laundry out across the state quite as much.
Pfft, Section 8 is the Cadillac of public positions for corrupt individuals. Back in 1995, when my family was still a poor immigrant family in Brooklyn, the word on the street was that Section 8 apartments went for $5000, though that didn't entitle you cut in line. It was still a good investment, and it was recouped after a year of reduced rents.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on July 24, 2009, 07:38:24 AM
Quote from: KRonn on July 24, 2009, 07:27:31 AM
:blink: Sheesh....
There was also another corruption scandal a year or two ago involving employees in Paterson responsible for Newark's Section 8 program... 3 women charged with theft by deception, totaling over $1.4 million, taken from the program.
Trenton's just as bad, but tends to not air its dirty laundry out across the state quite as much.
Going to have to send in the US Marines and Army to occupy New Jersey! Install a new and democratic government to replace the feudal system there now. ;)
Out of 44 people arrested, 15 were Jersey City politicians. :yeah: This has been a banner month for the city, I'm so proud.