Category: Courts & Cases

Arrests in Massive Money Laundering and Corruption Investigation, Former Election Lawyer Peter Cammarano Arrested

The Times has the latest on a massive money laundering and corruption investigation in New Jersey and New York.  Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III was among those arrested.  Until recently, according to his campaign’s website (it’s still accepting donations), he was a lawyer at Genova, Burns & Vernoia. He’s litigated some of New Jersey’s most significant […]

Henry F. Schuelke III in the Spotlight

Mainjustice.com profiles Henry F. Schuelke III.  He’s the lawyer who has been tasked with investigating issues surruonding DOJ’s prosecution of Sen. Ted Stevens. Well-known and broadly admired among Washington’s fraternity of top-tier lawyers, “Hank,” as Schuelke prefers to be called, has cultivated a reputation for discretion. It’s a trait that has served the white collar […]

Jefferson Trial Update

According to this report on the Jefferson trial, a lobbyist offered to bribe Rep. William Jefferson in connection with oilfield rights. James Creaghan told the jury in Jefferson’s bribery trial that he negotiated a deal that would have given Mose Jefferson a piece of a West African oil field. In return, Creaghan expected William Jefferson […]