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Over 40 people including mayors, rabbis arrested in corruption probe, involved in "high-volume, international money-laundering conspiracy"
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UPDATE II:
Here's a further going article from CNN:
[link to www.cnn.com]
NEWARK, New Jersey (CNN) -- The New Jersey officials and their associates charged in a federal probe of public corruption exchanged hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in parking lots, restaurants, boiler rooms and bathrooms, an acting U.S. attorney said Thursday.
Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell has been in office since January 2000.
The investigation netted 44 defendants -- 29 on corruption charges and 15 for alleged money laundering, acting U.S. Attorney Ralph Marra Jr. said at a news conference.
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UPDATE:
Here's the FBI News Conference from 12:30:
[link to www.myfoxny.com]
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[link to www.cnn.com]
(CNN) -- About 30 people, including some New Jersey mayors and several rabbis, were arrested Thursday in a federal investigation of public corruption, the U.S. attorney's office in Newark, New Jersey, said.
Hoboken, New Jersey, Mayor Peter Cammarano III is among those arrested in the public corruption probe.
The probe also involves a "high-volume, international money-laundering conspiracy," according to a statement from the office.
Among those arrested in the public corruption portion of the investigation are Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, New Jersey Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt and Leona Beldini, a Jersey City deputy mayor.
Several rabbis in New York and New Jersey also were arrested in connection with the money-laundering portion of the investigation.
A news conference is planned for around noon ET, with federal court appearances to start about 2 p.m., officials said.
Cammarano, a former city councilman at large in Hoboken, was elected mayor in June and inaugurated July 1.
According to his campaign Web site, he pledged to "lower taxes, reform government and deliver real change for Hoboken."
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