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Prosecutors say there are ‘ongoing investigations’ related to Matt O’Donnell

April 1, 2021 2:04 pmApril 1, 2021 10:05 pm

A Superior Court Judge today sealed a list of potential targets in a state corruption probe, including a list of individuals cooperating witness Matthew O’Donnell offered to contact and a list of people prosecutors asked O’Donnell to connect with. Deputy...

Murphy sidesteps on plea agreements that allow continued public legal work

February 17, 2021 3:33 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy sidestepped a question on whether his administration should be entering plea agreements that allow individuals to continue to bill public entities Wednesday. “I literally don’t have any comment on that,” the governor said. Matt O’Donnell, who has...

Matt O’Donnell entered into plea agreement in June 2018, but state still allowed him to bill government clients

February 16, 2021 1:03 pmFebruary 16, 2021 5:15 pm

The state’s cooperating witness in a small fish corruption sting operation continued to practice law and bill public entities for two years despite entering into a plea agreement in June 2018, lawyers said in a Superior Court hearing this morning...

Sudhan Thomas charged with embezzlement

January 3, 2020 11:19 pmJanuary 3, 2020 11:30 pm

Federal prosecutors charged Sudhan Thomas with embezzling more than $45,000 from the Jersey City Employment and Training Program Friday. In July, a whistleblower who had been with the JCETP for 22 years was fired from her position after reporting her...

Cooperating witness in state corruption probe resembles attorney Matthew O’Donnell

December 19, 2019 3:56 pmDecember 20, 2019 10:25 am

Update: the New Jersey Globe has confirmed that Matthew O’Donnell is the state’s cooperating witness. A Morristown lawyer who resembles the cooperating witness in the state’s bribery case against five former candidates and public officials has close ties to several...

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, left, with Sudhan Thomas who's accused of accepting cash bribes. Photo courtesy of Facebook.

AG charges five North Jersey politicians, including Sudhan Thomas, with taking bribes

December 19, 2019 11:34 amDecember 19, 2019 4:08 pm

Five current and former elected officials and candidate— including Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas and former Morris County Freeholder John Cesaro—have been charged with taking bribes as part of a major investigation into political corruption by the...

Carroll is front-runner to replace Cotter in Bayonne

November 13, 2018 3:38 pm

Tom Cotter has resigned his seat on the Bayonne city council to become the new Department of Public Works. The city council will name a replacement for Cotter’s first ward seat, followed by a November 2019 special election to fill...