United States Department of Justice United States Attorney’s Office District of New Jersey Office Report 2002 - 2008 Christopher J. Christie U.S. Attorney Significant Cases ______________________________________________________________________________ “ Introduction........................................................................................................................i ______________________________________________________________________________ “ 2002 ______________________________________________________________________________ Marty Barnes, Mayor of Paterson - Extortion.....................................................................2 The Daniel Pearl Case -Terrorism...................................................................................... 2 Roger Duronio - Computer “Logic Bomb”.........................................................................2 Forbes and Shelton - Cendant Corp....................................................................................3 Calderon et al. - Human Trafficking...................................................................................4 The Perez Organization - Camden Drugs and Gangs.........................................................4 Greater Newark Safer Cities Initiative Roundup................................................................5 Sara Bost - Irvington Mayor...............................................................................................6 Shipping Company and Captain - Ocean Dumping...........................................................6 Rene Abreu, et al. - Bank Fraud.........................................................................................7 Trakhtenberg et al. - Human Trafficking............................................................................7 James Treffinger - Essex County Executive.......................................................................8 Robert Janiszewski, et al. - Hudson County Executive......................................................8 “TOEFL” - Terrorism Prevention.......................................................................................9 Robert Burrick - Law Firm Partner, Embezzler................................................................10 Terrence D. Weldon, et al - Ocean Township Mayor, Bid Rig “Phase One”...................10 Dominick Russo - Deputy U.S. Marshal, Embezzlement.................................................12 Hackensack University Medical Center, Medicare Overbilling.......................................12 ______________________________________________________________________________ “ 2003 ______________________________________________________________________________ Hemant Lakhani - Terrorism Prevention, International Arms Smuggling........................15 Double ii Bloods - Racketeering, Gun Trafficking...........................................................16 Superior Court Judge Stephen W. Thompson - Sex Travel, Child Pornography..............16 Hoffecker and Myers - Securities Fraud............................................................................17 Morales - Camden Drug Trafficking, HIDTA...................................................................18 Civil Medical Malpractice Trial.........................................................................................18 Alan Clark - Major League Baseball Memorabilia Fraud.................................................19 Kenneth Jenkins - Camden Drug Dealer, Real Estate “Flipper”...................................... 19 Al Moroccan Empire or Moors - An Odd Case With Some Very Difficult Defendants...20 Medi-Hut - Corporate Fraud..............................................................................................20 Roy Campbell - Gangs, Gun Trafficking...........................................................................21 Anthony Russo - Hoboken Mayor, Extortion....................................................................21 Cooper Health and Cathedral Healthcare - Medicare Fraud..............................................22 Joseph Nardone, Sr., and Son - Labor Union Corruption..................................................23 Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe - Environmental Crimes, Workplace Safety......................23 Stone Harbor Borough - U.S. Sues to Protect Piping Plover Habitat................................24 ______________________________________________________________________________ “ 2004 ______________________________________________________________________________ Regpay - International Child Pornography Enterprise, Money Laundering......................27 Operation Firewall - Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud...............................................27 Quest Diagnostics - Medicare Recovery...........................................................................28 SHAC - Animal Enterprise Protection Act........................................................................29 Charles Kushner, et al. - Tax Fraud, Witness Retaliation, False Statements to FEC........30 The Curry Organization - Newark Drug Traffickers.........................................................31 Harry G. Parkin - Mercer County Public Corruption........................................................31 Cooper and Nesti - $80 Million Fraud ($10 Million to Buy a Stake in the N.J. Devils)...32 Charles D. Conway - Attorney Who Fleeced Dead Client’s Charitable Foundation........33 CMC Electronics - Qui Tam, Army Procurement Fraud...................................................33 Suprema Specialties, Inc. - Accounting Fraud..................................................................34 David D’Amiano - Political Fundraising, Extortion: “Machiavellian”.............................34 Asbury Park Drug Task Force - Drugs and Gangs............................................................35 Herbert Axelrod - Philanthropist-Turned-Fugitive Tax Evader........................................36 James M. Dwyer - $35 Million Bank Fraud......................................................................36 Atlantic City Prostitution Ring - Conspiracy.....................................................................37 N.J. Division of Motor Vehicles - Conspiracy to Produce Fraudulent Drivers Licenses..37 ______________________________________________________________________________ “ 2005 ______________________________________________________________________________ Operation “Bid Rig” - 11 Current and Former Monmouth County Public Officials........40 Charles Cart - Union Embezzlement.................................................................................41 Marlboro Township Mayor - Bribery, Tax Evasion..........................................................41 Dr. Joan Jaszczult - Illegal Distribution of Prescriptions for Controlled Substances........42 N.J. State Police Trooper - Securities Fraud......................................................................43 David W. Banach - Hand-held Laser Shined Into Aircraft Cockpit..................................43 Camden Violent Crime Initiative.......................................................................................44 Arabo - Computer Crime Targeting Commercial Competitors.........................................44 Giblin - Dating Service Scam Artist..................................................................................45 Altagracia “Grace” Rosario - Fraudulent Document Ring................................................45 Pollution Settlement - $2 Million in Community Service Payments to New Jersey Causes...........................................................................................................46 UMDNJ - Medicaid Overbilling, Deferred Prosecution, Monitorship..............................47 TeleServices Internet Group, Inc., - Securities Fraud.......................................................48 Bristol Myers Squibb - Deferred Prosecution Agreement, Indictment of Senior Officers..............................................................................................................................48 Aragoncillo and Aquino - Espionage................................................................................50 Paterson Schools - Public Corruption...............................................................................50 Operation “Royal Charm” - Asian Organized Crime, Smuggling, Counterfeiting...........51 Larry “Little Guy” Dentico, et al. - Organized Crime and Racketeering..........................52 Thomas Weatherly - Firearm Possession by a Career Criminal....................................... 52 Luisa Medrano, et al. - Human Trafficking, Harboring Illegal Aliens..............................53 ______________________________________________________________________________ “ 2006 ______________________________________________________________________________ St. Barnabas Health Care System - $265 Million Medicare Fraud Settlement.................55 Operation “Emissary” - Internet Child Pornography.........................................................55 Andy Lin - Computer “Logic Bomb”................................................................................56 Senator John A. Lynch, Jr. - Honest Services Mail Fraud, Tax Evasion..........................57 Parmatic Filter Corporation - Defense Contractor Fraud Against the United States........58 Gantt, Johnson & Taylor - Serial Bank Robbers...............................................................58 Angelo Prisco