Peter Cammarano III, the former mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey has been sentence to two years in a federal prison for having accepted $25,000 in bribes. His arrest came after only 3 weeks of becoming Hoboken’s mayor. This past April, Peter pleaded guilty to conspiracy and extortion to a federal judge. According to the U.S. attorney’s office Cammarano accepted bribes from a government witness posed as a real estate developer in exchange for Hoboken government assistance in the future. In total, he accepted three cash payments, two while he was a councilman at large and the last after being sworn in as Hoboken’s mayor.
“Operation Bid Rig” was an FBI money-laundering investigation that captured 44 civic officials including Cammarano.
According to the U.S. attorney’s office, this is one of the state’s largest political corruption scandals. Along with the 24 month prison sentence, Cammarano must pay back the $25,000 as well as serve an additional years of supervised release after his prison term. He is free on bond as of now and scheduled to surrender on September 20th in order to begin his prison sentence.
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