Big N.J. Bust -– 44 Mayors, Politicians, Citizens Charged in Public Corruption, Money Laundering Federal Investigation
The mayors of Hoboken, Secaucus and Ridgefield, the Jersey City deputy mayor and council president, two state assemblymen, numerous other public officials and political figures and five rabbis from New York and New Jersey were among 44 individuals charged Thursday, July 23rd, in a two-track federal investigation of public corruption and a high-volume, international money laundering conspiracy, Acting U.S. Attorney Ralph J. Marra, Jr., announced today, Thursday, July 23, 2009.