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[NJ. Assem. Joseph] Vas indicted for theft, bid rigging
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| Last Edited | RMF Mar 12, 2009 01:17pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 11, 2009 08:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Assemblyman Joseph Vas (D-Perth Amboy) was indicted today on charges that he conspired to steal about $5,000 in funds of Perth Amboy city funds to pay for personal purchases and expenses and rigged a public lottery so that his personal driver could buy a two-family home through a local program
Vas was charged by a state grand jury with second-degree conspiracy, six counts of second-degree official misconduct, second-degree pattern of official misconduct, third-degree theft by unlawful taking, third-degree misapplication of government property, and third-degree tampering with public records or information, According to Deborah Gramiccioni, the director of the Division of Criminal Justice, The driver, Anthony Jones was charged with one count each of conspiracy and official misconduct, both in the second degree. |
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