Jan 10, 2025 | conspiring to commit official misconduct (3rd degree) | forgery (3rd degree) | Guilty Plea | improperly and unlawfully obtained permits | landscaping and underground oil storage tank removal company | mayor of Clark Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | removing hundreds of underground tanks | Salvatore Bonaccorso | submission of false and fraudulent permit applications | Superior Court | Union County | use of employees for private business | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Bonaccorso Forfeits His Position as Mayor and Is Barred from Any Future Public Office or Employment For Immediate Release: January 10, 2025 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner,...
May 15, 2024 | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Newark | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Police-Involved Fatality | State Grand Jury | U.S. Marshals New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force | Union County | West Side Park | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a Newark, New Jersey, man in a park in Newark during an encounter with city police and members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Feb 12, 2024 | Essex County | Fraud | Hunterdon County | Medicaid | Mental Health Clinics | Mercer County | Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor | OIFP | Union County | Warren County | Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced today that the State has seized approximately $6.4 million under a final judgment by consent, resolving a case against a now-deceased defendant whose chain of mental health clinics engaged in an elaborate bogus-billing scheme that defrauded Medicaid.
Feb 2, 2024 | Aviation Equipment | Division of Criminal Justice | Middlesex County | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecution | OSFFCP | Scamming | Somerset County | Union County | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release
Today Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the sentencings of five defendants from Somerset, Middlesex, and Union counties who orchestrated a $1.3 million online fraud scheme, tricking businesses across the U.S. and abroad into paying for aviation equipment that was never delivered.
Nov 9, 2023 | ARRIVE Together | collaboration | community needs | Kean University | Law Enforcement | mental health emergencies | mental health professionals | Union County | Arrive Together | Behavioral Health | Mental Health | Press Release | Strengthening Police-Community Relations
Announcement includes countywide expansion of ARRIVE and key partnership with Kean University For Immediate Release: November 9, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Alternative and Community Responses– Tiffany Wilson,...
