Apr 28, 2025 | A-1 Elegant Tours | American Star Transportation LLC | anticorruption profiteering penalty | decade-long ban from doing business with the State | Eastern Star Transportation | false representations for a government contract | Guilty Plea | hiring practices | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Paterson Bus Company | safety of its bus fleet | school buses | second-degree crime | six-figure penalty | Unqualified Drivers | Child Protection | Consumer Protection | Press Release | Public Integrity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that a Paterson school bus company pleaded guilty to a second-degree crime, and agreed to pay a six-figure penalty and face a decade-long ban from doing business with the State, after it put unqualified drivers behind the wheels of school buses and deceived school districts about its hiring practices and the safety of its bus fleet.
Apr 14, 2025 | bookkeeper | Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) | exchange for a recommended sentence | failure to pay income taxes | fraudulent tax returns | gambling habit | Guilty Plea | Monmouth County | South Brunswick | stolen money | tax fraud | theft from employer | theft of movable property | West End Express Co. | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced that a Monmouth County woman admitted to stealing approximately $4,000,000 from her employer and failing to pay taxes on the stolen money.
Jan 10, 2025 | conspiring to commit official misconduct (3rd degree) | forgery (3rd degree) | Guilty Plea | improperly and unlawfully obtained permits | landscaping and underground oil storage tank removal company | mayor of Clark Township | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | removing hundreds of underground tanks | Salvatore Bonaccorso | submission of false and fraudulent permit applications | Superior Court | Union County | use of employees for private business | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
Bonaccorso Forfeits His Position as Mayor and Is Barred from Any Future Public Office or Employment For Immediate Release: January 10, 2025 Office of The Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner,...
May 13, 2024 | Cover-up | falsely denying | Guilty Plea | Hostile Work Environment | Howell Township Police Chief | Obstructing Administration of Law | official interview | Sexual Affair | sexual harassment | subordinate employee | 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 today that the retired Howell Township police chief has admitted to providing false statements in a township investigation and otherwise trying to conceal a sexual affair with a subordinate.
Mar 8, 2024 | concealing misconduct | Essex County | failing to perform background checks | failing to perform drug tests | Guilty Plea | hiring unqualified drivers | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | operating unsafe buses | OPIA | School Bus Company | Child Protection | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Policing Policy | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that an Essex County-based school bus company and one of its owners pleaded guilty, after hiring unqualified drivers, failing to perform drug tests and background checks, operating unsafe buses, and attempting to conceal their misconduct.
