The shore men who admitted wrenching thousands from the pockets of contractors seeking approvals for a project in Hudson County head to multiple-year prison terms.
One of 10 defendants charged with a role in a scheme to strongarm a religious divorce out of a reluctant Jewish husband is sentenced to 48 months in prison.
A onetime employee of the Hudson County Improvement Authority (HCIA) from Middletown and a waste hauler from Beachwood face up to 20 years in prison apiece for rigging contracts tied to a project in Jersey City and forcing contractors to pay for inclusion.
A New Jersey Transit employee has admitted obtaining money from vendors in exchange for helping them get work from the agency, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced Tuesday.
A Philadelphia felon with eight convictions in his past can expect to spend another five years in prison for blackmailing a victim in New Jersey who answered his Craigslist ad for a homosexual encounter.
A onetime deputy commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Corrections is about to experience life on the other side of the bars for the next 46 months, for offering to help a laid-off DOC employee return to work in exchange for $10,000.