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We’re continuing to follow the New Jersey corruption sting operation. This story has everything (Rabbis! Apple Jacks! Organs! Fake Gucci bags!), and now a note of tragedy enters the picture. One of the political consultants arrested in the scandal was found dead Tuesday in an apparent suicide. Authorities found a bottle of pills next to [...]

Remember reading last week about the corruption scandal that broke out in New Jersey involving synagogue raids and black market organs? The amusing high jinks that emerged from the story (one culprit hid $97,000 in an Apple Jacks box- clever!) made the whole ordeal sound like a Hollywood movie script.
The part that caught our attention [...]

Corruption in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. – An investigation into the sale of black-market kidneys and fake Gucci handbags evolved into a sweeping probe of political corruption in New Jersey, ensnaring more than 40 people Thursday, including three mayors, two state lawmakers and several rabbis.Even for a state with a rich history of graft, the scale of wrongdoing alleged [...]