Apr 28, 2025 | A-1 Elegant Tours | American Star Transportation LLC | anticorruption profiteering penalty | decade-long ban from doing business with the State | Eastern Star Transportation | false representations for a government contract | Guilty Plea | hiring practices | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Paterson Bus Company | safety of its bus fleet | school buses | second-degree crime | six-figure penalty | Unqualified Drivers | Child Protection | Consumer Protection | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that a Paterson school bus company pleaded guilty to a second-degree crime, and agreed to pay a six-figure penalty and face a decade-long ban from doing business with the State, after it put unqualified drivers behind the wheels of school buses and deceived school districts about its hiring practices and the safety of its bus fleet.
Dec 22, 2022 | Drivers with Criminal Pasts | Paterson Bus Company | Suspended Licenses | Child Protection | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: December 22, 2022 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Thomas J. Eicher, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Dan ProchiloOAGpress@njoag.gov...