Press Releases : Corruption Bureau

AG Platkin: Suspended NJ Department of Corrections Range Master Charged for Allegedly Selling State-Purchased Ammunition for Profit

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity & Accountability (OPIA) announced the filing of criminal charges against a New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) lieutenant who served as NJDOC’s Range Master, after he allegedly stole state-owned ammunition from NJDOC and sold it for hundreds of thousands of dollars of profit.

AG Platkin: Suspended Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Lieutenant Indicted After He Allegedly Removed and Tampered with Drugs Held in the Evidence Vault

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced a state grand jury has indicted a suspended Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (BCPO) lieutenant after he allegedly removed and tampered with drug evidence, including cocaine and fentanyl, on multiple occasions.

State Grand Jury Declines to Criminally Charge State Troopers Involved in Death in Custody at NJSP Bridgeton Station on July 9, 2023

A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Daniel King, 30, of Millville, New Jersey, who died following an encounter with New Jersey State Police (NJSP) troopers on July 9, 2023.

Former Wildwood Mayor Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining State Health Benefits and Failing to Disclose Outside Employment and Income

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that former Wildwood pleaded guilty to fraudulently participating in the State Health Benefits Program

Eight Defendants Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Taxpayer-Funded Traumatic Brain Injury Fund of Over $700K

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that a state grand jury has indicted six women and two companies who were allegedly engaged in a decade-long conspiracy to defraud the taxpayer-funded New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (TBI Fund) of over $700,000.

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