Mar 20, 2025 | crime victims | exploiting professional relationship | financial reimbursement | Indictment | intimate relationship | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Official Misconduct | Pattern of official misconduct | Point Pleasant | Sexually Explicit texts | sexually-explicit messages | sexually-suggestive messages | VCCO investigator | victimization | Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) announced that a former investigator for the New Jersey Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) has been indicted after allegedly exploiting his official position to send messages solicitous of an intimate relationship, sexually-suggestive messages, or sexually-explicit messages to crime victims who were seeking VCCO support.
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.
Apr 16, 2024 | 000 feet of school property | Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) street gang | Conspiracy | Corruption Bureau of the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) | Financial facilitation of criminal activity | gang member | Grand Jury | Hamilton | Indictment | Mercer County Prosecutor's Office | Pattern of official misconduct | Possession of CDS with intention to distribute within 1 | Possession of marijuana with intent to distribute | possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute | Tampering with public records (3rd degree) Official misconduct | Trenton Police Officer | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Public Integrity
For Immediate Release: April 16, 2024 Office of the Attorney General – Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General Office of Public Integrity and Accountability – Thomas J. Eicher, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries- Dan Prochilo...
