Press Releases : Official Misconduct

Eight Defendants Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Taxpayer-Funded Traumatic Brain Injury Fund of Over $700K

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced today that a state grand jury has indicted six women and two companies who were allegedly engaged in a decade-long conspiracy to defraud the taxpayer-funded New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (TBI Fund) of over $700,000.

AG’s Office Announces Indictment of Mercer County Correctional Officer Who Allegedly Provided Drugs, Other Contraband to Inmates in Exchange for Bribes

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) today announced a state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a correctional police officer with the Mercer County Department of Corrections.

State Grand Jury Criminally Charges Paterson Police Officer In Connection with June 2022 Shooting of Fleeing Man in the Back

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability today announced that a state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a Paterson police officer who allegedly shot a fleeing man in the back in June 2022, leaving the victim paralyzed.

State Grand Jury Indicts Northern State Prison Corrections Officer Who Allegedly Accepted Bribes to Supply Inmate with Contraband

A state grand jury has voted to file criminal charges against a corrections officer at Northern State Prison, after he allegedly smuggled contraband into the facility for a particular inmate in exchange for regular bribe payments.

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