06 Feb, 2018

NEWARK, N.J. – A Linden, New Jersey, man today admitted conspiring with officials at the Paterson Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) and the Jersey City Childhood Development Centers Inc. (JCCDC) to fraudulently obtain payments for services he never provided, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Carnell Baskerville, 51, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares to an information charging him intentionally conspiring with a former commissioner with the Paterson MUA to commit

03 Aug, 2017

The Jersey Journal For nearly two decades, the owners of a Secaucus-based scrap metal company scammed customers out of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors announced today.  The alleged multi-million-dollar scheme came to a halt today when the owners of Cinelli Iron & Metal Co. -- Craig Cinelli, 47, and his brother, Joseph Cinelli Sr., 61 -- were both arrested and charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five counts of wire fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney William E.

15 Feb, 2017

The New York City Comptroller levied a huge fine on a Parsippany company that cheated dozens of workers, mostly immigrant laborers, out of millions of dollars in wages for work on city projects. K.S. Contracting, owned by Paresh Shah, was ordered to pay $3.2 million and will also be barred from receiving state contracts for five years.   In its statement the comptroller's office did not identify the headquarters of Shah's company, but an Internet search turned up multiple Parsippany addresses

17 Nov, 2016

NEWARK -- Passaic Mayor Alex Blanco pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal bribery charge, admitting he received $110,000 in payments from developers in exchange for directing federal housing funds to their projects. Blanco, podiatrist and father of four, had been mayor since 2008 and earned $72,000 yearly. He resigned Thursday and faces up to a decade in prison. The City Council planned an emergency meeting for 7 p.m. Thursday to appoint an acting mayor. "We have been in contact with the city's

03 Nov, 2016

TRENTON, N.J. – A Hudson County, New Jersey, man, who served as the senior accountant of the City of Bayonne Department of Community Development (CBDCD) was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for accepting $65,000 in bribe payments in exchange for his assistance in awarding projects funded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Anselmo Crisonino, 56, of Bayonne, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Peter G.

20 Feb, 2016

TRENTON -- The former CEO of what was one of the state's most politically connected engineering firms is facing four years in state prison after admitting to his role in a $1 million scheme to circumvent New Jersey's pay-to-play laws. Howard Birdsall, 72, pleaded guilty Thursday to corporate misconduct in Superior Court in Ocean County, according to the state Attorney General's Office. Birdsall, of Brielle, was the top corporate officer and largest shareholder of Birdsall Services Group, the