United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey

The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey is the chief federal law enforcement officer in New Jersey. On January 5, 2018, Craig Carpenito was appointed U.S. Attorney pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546 by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.[1] On April 27, 2018, the judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey unanimously appointed Carpenito U.S. Attorney pursuant to its statutory powers.[2] The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has jurisdiction over all cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney.

Organization

The Office is organized into divisions handling civil, criminal, and appellate matters, in addition to the Special Prosecutions Division, which oversees political corruption investigations.[3] The District of New Jersey is also divided into three vicinages: Newark, Trenton and Camden, with the southern two offices supervised by a Deputy U.S. Attorney. The office employs approximately 170 Assistant U.S. Attorneys.[4] It is the fifth-largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the nation, behind those in the District of Columbia, Los Angeles, Manhattan, and Miami.[5]

High-profile cases
  • Hugh Addonizio - Conviction of former Newark mayor on conspiracy and extortion charges
  • Andrew 'weev' Auernheimer - Conviction of Goatse Security hacker involved in the aggregation of publicly published email address data from AT&T 3G iPad servers, who had his CFAA conviction vacated when the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the venue in New Jersey was improper since no conduct element of his alleged crime occurred within the state of New Jersey.
  • Wayne Bryant - Conviction of former chairman of New Jersey Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee for funneling money to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in exchange for a no-show job at the University.
  • Crazy Eddie - Conviction of Eddie Antar, founder and CEO of Crazy Eddie, a consumer electronics chain, for fraud
  • Walter Forbes - Conviction of former chairman of Cendant Corporation for fraud.[6]
  • Fort Dix Six (2007) - Conviction of group of six radical Islamist men allegedly plotting attack on Fort Dix military base[7]
  • Cornelius Gallagher - Guilty plea of New Jersey Congressman for tax evasion[8]
  • Nelson G. Gross - Conviction of former Republican state chairman on perjury and obstruction of justice charges
  • Sharpe James (2008) - Conviction of former Newark mayor on corruption charges[9]
  • Robert C. Janiszewski (2002) - Guilty plea of Hudson County Executive for tax evasion and bribery[10]
  • John V. Kenny - Conviction of former Jersey City mayor and chairman of Hudson County Democratic Party on conspiracy, bribery, and extortion charges
  • Charles Kushner (2004) - Guilty plea of real estate developer—and largest campaign donor to former New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey—for filing false tax returns and for attempting to retaliate against a witness in a federal criminal case[11]
  • Hemant Lakhani (2005) - Conviction of black market arms dealer attempting to sell shoulder-fired missiles[12]
  • John A. Lynch, Jr. - Guilty plea of former president of New Jersey Senate for mail fraud and tax evasion[13]
  • Operation Bid Rig (2002–2009) - Multi-stage political corruption sweep, resulting in arrest of Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, New Jersey Assemblymen Daniel Van Pelt and L. Harvey Smith, and Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega
  • Sarah Brockington Bost (2002), Mayor of Irvington, New Jersey
  • Martin Taccetta & Michael Taccetta (1987) - Unsuccessful prosecution of high-ranking members of The Jersey Crew, a faction of the Lucchese crime family[14]
  • UMDNJ (2005) - Deferred prosecution agreement overseen by federal monitor Herbert Stern involving Medicaid double-billing and other cases of health care fraud at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.[15]
  • Thomas J. Whelan - Conviction of mayor of Jersey City on conspiracy, bribery and extortion charges
  • Fort Lee lane closure scandal (2014)

Prominent officeholders
Chris Christie, former U.S. Attorney and former Governor of New Jersey.

Office holders
Frederick Frelinghuysen, former U.S. Attorney and former U.S. Senator
Samuel Alito, former U.S. Attorney and current Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court.
Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Attorney and former Secretary of Homeland Security.

References
  1. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions Appoints Craig Carpenito As Interim United States Attorney, District Of New Jersey". 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  2. "Statement of U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito on Appointment by U.S. District Court". 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  3. Office Organization, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Serving the District of New Jersey, U.S. Attorney's Office
  5. New Jersey Law Journal's Lawyer of the Year: Chris Christie, New Jersey Law Journal, December 27, 2006.
  6. New Jersey Law Journal's Lawyer of the Year: Chris Christie, New Jersey Law Journal, December 27, 2006.
  7. 5 Are Convicted of Conspiring to Attack Fort Dix, The New York Times, December 22, 2008.
  8. Paul Hoffman, Tiger in the Court, Playboy Press, 1979, p. 276.
  9. Former Mayor Guilty of Fraud in Newark Sales, The New York Times, April 17, 2008.
  10. Former Hudson County Leader Gets 41 Months in Corruption Case, The New York Times, March 25, 2005.
  11. Major Donor Admits Hiring Prostitute to Smear Witness, The New York Times, August 19, 2004.
  12. Man Accused of a Scheme to Sell Missiles Praised bin Laden on Tapes, The New York Times, January 9, 2005.
  13. Ex-Leader of New Jersey Senate is Guilty of Corruption, The New York Times, September 16, 2006.
  14. Robert Rudolph, The Boys from New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds
  15. New Jersey Law Journal's Lawyer of the Year: Chris Christie, New Jersey Law Journal, December 27, 2006.
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