CRIMINAL LAW IN BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES: DIRTY JUDGES PLEA DEAL DITCHED BY FEDERAL COURT

Awhile ago, I posted a blog that related to two judges in Pennsylvania who concocted a 2.6 million dollar kick-back scheme to send juvenile offenders to a private detention institutions for “finder’s fees.” In February of this year, these two miscreants plead guilty to federal wire fraud on income tax fraud offenses that expose them to an 87 month term of imprisonment. Recently a federal judge rejected the plea agreement because he felt that the defendants had obstructed justice during exchange of information required by the government’s pre-sentence investigation. In both instances the defendants refused to fess up to their complicity in the criminal enterprise. They now face a maximum penalty of 25 years incarceration and a fine of up $25,000.