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:├é┬áCammarano allegedly took close to $35,000 in bribes from an undercover government worker who posed as a real estate developer.├é┬á 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.├é┬áTens of millions??├é┬á That’s a freaking lot of cashola!
Oh the dramz! We love it!