Sep 30, 2024 | abuse of public resources | City Commissioner | Corruption Bureau | fraudulently participation in the State Health Benefits Program | health-benefits fraud | illegally obtaining benefits | Indictment | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Official Misconduct | OPIA | theft by unlawful taking | Wildwood Mayor | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
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
Sep 17, 2024 | 911 Call | Bayonne | Broadway | Fatal Police Encounter | Investigation | Linnet Street | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) is investigating a death following a police encounter that occurred on September 16, 2024, in Bayonne, New Jersey.
Aug 29, 2024 | Fraud | Mercer County | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | pension | state pension | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced the sentencing of a Mercer County woman for her theft of more than $268,000 in the form of survivor benefits she fraudulently collected from her deceased husband’s pension, knowing she was no longer eligible for the payments after she had remarried.
Aug 28, 2024 | Campaign Manager | Democratic Primary | Election Fraud | Governor's Race 2021 | Hunterdon County | Lambertville | nomination certificates | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | primary ballot | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: August 28, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON —...
Aug 23, 2024 | Criminal attempt to commit false registration or transfer | Election Fraud | Ex-Candidate | falsifying or tampering with records | Forgery | Fraudulent Voter Registration Applications | Grand Jury | Hindering apprehension or prosecution | Indictment | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Plainfield Mayor | Tampering with public records or information | Tampering with witnesses and informants | Trafficking in personal identifying information pertaining to another person | Union County Commissioner of Registration | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced that a state grand jury indicted a former candidate for mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, charging the defendant with attempting to submit hundreds of fraudulent voter registration applications to Union County election officials and then engaging in an attempt to cover up his actions.
