Mar 12, 2025 | Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (BCPO) | cash deposits | cocaine | Corruption Bureau | evading a transaction reporting requirement | evidence vault | fentanyl | filing a fraudulent tax return | Financial facilitation of criminal activity | Indictment | lieutenant | narcotics | NJSP Laboratory | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | possession of a controlled dangerous substance | Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Dangerous Substance | removed and tampered with drug evidence | seized illegal drugs | Special Victims Unit | Structuring one or more transactions | Tampering with Physical Evidence | Tampering with public records or information | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced a state grand jury has indicted a suspended Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (BCPO) lieutenant after he allegedly removed and tampered with drug evidence, including cocaine and fentanyl, on multiple occasions.
Mar 11, 2025 | Advance Funding Partners/Same Day Funding | African | Chinese | DCR | denying services | Discrimination | Division on Civil Rights | employment discrimination | Finding of Probable Cause | Hostile Work Environment | lending discrimination | loan applicants | national origin | nationality | New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. | NJ LAD | Ocean | offensive memes | race | racist | Spanish | subpeona | verified complaint | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has issued a Finding of Probable Cause alleging that Advance Funding Partners/Same Day Funding (Advance Funding), a New Jersey business that provides cash advances and loans to borrowers, violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by engaging in unlawful lending discrimination and employment discrimination.
Mar 5, 2025 | “Dear Colleague" letter | 15 attorney general | academic interests | Accessibility Initiatives | California | colleges | Connecticut | Delaware | diverse equitable inclusive and accessible educational experiences | Diversity | Equity | family background | financial means and socioeconomic status | geographic residency | Illinois | Inclusion | K-12 schools | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Minnesota | Multistate Guidance for Schools | Nevada | New York | Oregon | parental education level | Rhode Island | Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (SFFA) | the District of Columbia | Trump Administration | U.S. Department of Education | Universities | Vermont | Bias and Discrimination | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in issuing guidance to help K-12 schools, colleges, and universities understand the legality, viability, and importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility policies and practices in education.
Mar 4, 2025 | "No Bill" | Attorney General Directive 2019-4 | Brook Hollow Drive | cyclist death | Evidence | Fatal Crash | Grand Jury | Hackettstown | Hackettstown Medical Center | Independent Prosecutor Directive | Long Valley | New Jersey State Police | NJSP | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | testimony | Willow Grove Street | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of a cyclist who died following a February 5, 2024 crash in Hackettstown, New Jersey, involving a member of the New Jersey State Police (NJSP).
Mar 3, 2025 | allowing the business to reopen | bribery | Broad Street | Essex County Prosecutor’s Office | Newark business | Newark code enforcement officer arrested | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | OPIA Corruption Bureau | soliciting bribes | soliciting or accepting any benefit to influence the performance of an official duty | theft by extortion | withholding fines | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that a Newark code enforcement officer has been arrested and charged after allegedly soliciting bribes from a Newark business in exchange for withholding fines and allowing the business to reopen after she had shut it down.
Feb 28, 2025 | Buena | Burlington County | comptroller | Division of Criminal Justice | failure to pay tax | filing a fraudulent tax return | Financial facilitation of criminal activity | Forgery | Former Chief Financial Officer | Money Laundering | Not-For-Profit Company | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions (OSFFCP) | receiving stolen property | Stealing $2.5 Million | Tax Evasion | Unlawful Taking | white-collar crime | Consumer Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that the former chief financial officer and comptroller of a Burlington County-based not-for-profit company has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $2.5 million from the company, money laundering and tax evasion.
