Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano and 5 Rabbis Arrested

by Elizabeth Fairview  |  July 23rd, 2009

Peter Cammarano

Only in office for three weeks, but it looks like Cammarano will be brushing up his resume. (AP Images)

Only serving as Mayor of Hoboken for three weeks, Peter Cammarano and other highly ranked New Jersey politicians as well as five rabbis were nabbed by the feds for their involvement in an international money laundering scheme. In total, 44 people were charged.

The scheme apparently operated between Brooklyn, Deal, N.J., and Israel that laundered millions via charities controlled by shady rabbis. For his part, Cammarano was charged with accepting $25,000 in bribes. Others taken down were Secaucus Mayor Denis Elwell, Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Baldini, Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega and two state assemblymen. Assemblyman L. Harvey Smith is charged with taking $15,000 in bribes in exchange for approving building permits and Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt has also been charged for bribery.

They are all expected to be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Newark Thursday afternoon. Want to bet on scandal? Get all your entertainment odds with Bodog today.

 

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