44 People Arrested In New Jersey, Including Officials And Rabbis

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Giving a whole new meaning to "Dirty Jersey": forty-four people, including two mayors, a deputy mayor, an assemblyman, and several rabbis were
arrested Thursday for involvement in an extensive corruption and international money laundering scheme.

How Sopranos of them!

Officials under arrest include Hoboken mayor Peter Cammarano III, Secaucus mayor Dennis Elwell, Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt, and Jersey City deputy mayor Leona Beldini.

The two-pronged investigation has been underway for three years and finally came to a head this morning. 

The first part of the investigation deals with corruption: Cammarano allegedly took close to $35,000 in bribes from an undercover government worker who posed as a real estate developer.  Similarly, Van Pelt supposedly took $10,000 in cash for "consulting" after an undercover FBI official (posing as a real estate exec) asked him to help fast-track a project in Waretown, NJ.

The second part of the investigation involves rabbis who are supposed to have laundered tens of millions of dollars through their temples and other religious organizations for a fee. Tens of millions??  That's a freaking lot of cashola!

Oh the dramz! We love it!

    Posted: Jul 23, 2009 at 2:00 pm / Email this  »

    64 comments to “44 People Arrested In New Jersey, Including Officials And Rabbis”



    1. 1

      EVERY IS STEALING MONEY……ITS THE AMERICAN WAY……..DEAL WITH IT…



    2. 2

      Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha



    3. 3

      Uhuh. Cant trust the higher power. Theyre not as perfect as they portray to be.



    4. 4

      www.luxehunt.com

    5. edrop says – reply to this


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      Greed$ is a powerful thing. Making powerful people do silly stunts!



    6. 6

      ..and this has to do with celebs how?

      Oh it doesn't, but don't you have something up your bum about NJ this week?

      Please Mario, stick to celebs, not poltics. If you want a political blog, make a new one.



    7. 7

      i heard on the news that they were under investigation for supposedly illegally selling human organs…WTF!!!



    8. 8

      I love it when these religious morons go down for the count.I didn,t see Tony Sapranos name in the round up,its Jersy man,its a acceptable part of life there.



    9. 9

      Re: putthekoolaiddown27 – hey luvly…havent seen ya today….



    10. 10

      …did you hear the one about the rabbit, the whore and the….nevermind.



    11. 11

      why does the sopranos need to be mentioned just because it's jersey, asshole?!



    12. 12

      EVERY CITY IN EVERY STATE IN THIS COUNTRY SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN DETROIT.



    13. 13

      and why oh why perez did you not mention the selling of body parts from isreal? and yes i am serious



    14. 14

      Another reason why i can't stand religion. Good job Rabbi's… see you in hell with the rest of us.



    15. 15

      Just shows you how much Jews steal from us.



    16. 16

      Now you're a fucking Anti-Semite???? You sick fuck! That's right, the implications are in your words. Fucking bigot hypocrite.



    17. 17

      Re: JigSaw – i knew i heard something about that….lol

    18. SoCal says – reply to this


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      How come you don't mention the mayors arrested were Democrat? If it were a republican that would have been your first statement. Hipocrytic ass.



    19. 19

      Re: UrMajestyMsG – yeah yeah, your comment wasnt up yet when i posted that, makes be proud to be from jersey



    20. 20

      Re: JigSaw – # 19 knew there was I reason I liked you so much! Jersey baby !



    21. 21

      Re: UrMajestyMsG – Afternoon my sista…I have my nephew for a week while my sister and her hubby vaca in Maui. He is five and very busy but he rocks!!!



    22. 22

      Re: Willys Bong – I am from nj and it is not acceptable…there are quite a few law abiding citizens in this lovely state.



    23. 23

      G.O.D………………GREED,OIL, and DRUGS…..its on our currency.In GOD we Trust.



    24. 24

      Re: Canadiana717 – i have stole you from dong yet?



    25. 25

      You can't trust the jews. They'll do anything for money.



    26. 26

      Re: JigSaw – ur a jersey boy…luvz it…lol…



    27. 27

      Re: putthekoolaiddown27 – ur gonna need a vay-cay after having a 5 year old for a week…lol



    28. 28

      Re: JigSaw – Hi Jig! I wanted to hear they took down those 'thick as thieves' housewives.



    29. 29

      OMG LiKE i soo live in Jersey City Perez lol
      & I hope our drunk mayor Healy isnt next becuase he is a walking political HAWT MESS !

      xOxO Sweets



    30. 30

      Re: JigSaw – #24 You, my dear are getting very, very close. ♥♥♥ I may easily persuaded into being shared tho ;)



    31. 31

      Re: b a t k i s s – hey! hope all is well, guess they cant please everyone….



    32. 32

      Re: UrMajestyMsG – trust me, ive been called a lot worse



    33. 33

      this happens in every state, quit hating on Jersey, Perez



    34. 34

      Welcome to New Jersey



    35. 35

      Re: caveatkenny – Listen you overly sensitive twit, there was NOTHING anti-Semitic about this post. Rabbis were busted…get over it.



    36. 36

      Ah…New Jersey. Gotta love it.



    37. 37

      NY Post reports: The money laundering ring allegedly trafficked in goods as diverse as human organs and fake designer handbags.
      =
      Liver by Louis Vuitton? Heart by Hermes?



    38. 38

      Re: JigSaw – come here, ill kiss u and make it better…lol…



    39. 39

      Well at least Rabbis weren't molesting little boys like the Catholics.



    40. 40

      This is NOT about Jews. It's about some rabbies. It's the monetary equivolent of priests and little boys. The congregation mostly does not know about it, they are mostly sincere in their faith, and are probably as generally shocked as Christians when there Priests of Fathers or Reverends are discovered as pedophiles. Don't blame this on the Jews. Watch a show on the History Channel on Jewish Persecution through the years. Read Mein Kampf. Grow a brain. If it's not okay to pick on black people, white people, Catholics, babtists, presbyterians, episcopalians, pakistanis, koreans, EVERYONE - then it's not O.K. to make generalizations about the Jews which defame their character AS A WHOLE.



    41. 41

      Re: putthekoolaiddown27 – Hi gorgeous! How are you? I missed you!



    42. 42

      Re: Muhahahaha – That's such a stereotype.. God ur ignorant.. Religion is religion.. Ppl believe in different things.. Get over it.. *eye roll*



    43. 43

      OMG! I grew up w/ Daniel Van Pelt. He was my next door neighbor- he was ALWAYS a jackass. hahahahaha



    44. 44

      Re: BeautifulBrunnette69 – Getting exhausted from chasing my nephew!! How are you??



    45. 45

      Re: putthekoolaiddown27 – LOL, that sounds tiring! How old is he? Soon he'll be a part of Perez's Posse (puke) and he'll be on here with you typing away at how he hates the world and certain celebs :D



    46. 46

      Ok. We all know how Bush fucked up things with the economy and the trillion dollar war.
      .
      Add thieves such as these, the Maddoffs, thousands of other investment scammers and the countless mortgage fraud crooks, you have a failing economy with a black hole spiraling out of control.
      .
      (Oh, not to mention the insurance and welfare scams, and the likes of Stephen Baldwin's million dollar tax swindle bankruptcy)



    47. 47

      North jersey blows. Make SJ its own state, PLEASE

    48. @v@ says – reply to this


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      Re: edrop – @5 - It is. Greed is also one of the seven deadly sins. The example is set from the top down, and the last almost couple of decades have not set a good tone. Everybody watches and then thinks they should get theirs before the gravy train slows down. Not our father's generation.

    49. @v@ says – reply to this


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      Round 'em up! Finally, some hammers coming down here and there. Awesome.



    50. 50

      Re: b a t k i s s – 37 Why am I ever surprised at the depth of human depravity and greed!
      .
      Have a great day! :)



    51. 51

      Re: JigSaw – BTW speaking of NJ, this week we relocated our my work group within our existing address. I now have a NJ view and can see Giants Stadium and beyond from my 42nd story window.



    52. 52

      Re: SWEETPIECE! – Hi Sweets! LOL!



    53. 53

      Re: TrackNDFieldGal – You are a fucktard. The Rabbis stole and fleeced their own people. I doubt you have two nickels to rub together, much less steal from.



    54. 54

      Gotta love living in good 'ole Jersey. xD

    55. MP says – reply to this


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      44 down, a million to go. How sad that my state of NJ is so corrupt.



    56. 56

      gangster rabbis



    57. 57

      jersey



    58. 58

      I was born and raised in Jersey, then moved to Chicago.

      Apparently, I love living in politically corrupt areas.



    59. 59

      HILFUCKINGARIOUS… I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HOBOKEN AND THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN CORUPTION THERE… NOT REALLY SURPRISED… BACK IN THE DAY HOBOKEN WAS RAN BY THE ITALIAN MOB, UNTIL ALL THE YUPPIES STARTED COMING IN FROM MANHATTAN…



    60. 60

      The Serians and the Orthodox have been invading my hometown of Deal NJ every summer for years. They drive their leased SUV Mercedes like they own the roads and act like they are better than us poor Catholics, and all because they have money. It is about time that they have been exposed for the frauds that they are…..



    61. 61

      Re: about-time – you're an idiot. i grew up in deal too. the sy's and orthodox don't "invade" it every summer… they own that town year-round. they're the reason that town is well-off and a beautiful, safe place to live. people from brooklyn move in every summer, and the money they flood into the local economy is the reason it survives the rest of the year, so don't bitch about the summer crowd either. a lot of people arrested in this mess are good people who have done some really amazing wonderful things for deal and the people who live there. today is a tragedy for that town and all the wonderful people who live there.

      don't believe everything you see in the papers at this point, its not the full picture.



    62. 62

      Re: about-time – they are better than you because they don't stereotype. You are a fool. If you don't like it then move. I know plenty of Catholics that drive Mercedes. They don't have their heads up their asses like you do. And yes Jews will do anything for money…like go to collegefor many years and earn a degree. They don't all steal. Don't hate on them for not being lazy! You could just as easily go to school and work hard and be successful. It just happens to be emphasized in Jewish culture.



    63. 63

      Re: FaeRae_84 – thank you for being an intelligent decent human being!



    64. 64

      Re: TrackNDFieldGalRe: TrackNDFieldGal – who taught you that growing up? Hitler? They aren't stealing from you, they are stealing from their own. Wake up princess. Maybe try not stereotyping and see if that gets you further in life, learn a little.