Mr. Schiff: Public corruption in a small northern New Jersey city. The FBI investigated and found illegal payments to a contractor. Special Agent Mike Doyle in the FBI's Newark office says some city leaders paid the price, including the Town Administrator, who was indicted for accepting bribes...

Mr. Doyle: "In the amounts of $30,000 in cash and several, tens of thousands of dollars, for home construction. So he was indicted for Corruption charges and sentenced to three-years in prison."

Mr. Schiff: Doyle says a city commissioner helped the FBI gather evidence; he got only six-months in prison...

Mr. Doyle: "He was also convicted and plead guilty to Corruption charges of accepting work on his home and cash bribes."

Mr. Schiff: Doyle says the town's Purchasing Agent was give a two-year sentence...

Mr. Doyle: "He also plead guilty but was not cooperative in the matter. And the Deputy Director of Public Safety had very little jail time but was convicted of insurance fraud."

Mr. Schiff: FBI Agents found that about $2.5 million was illegally paid over a 5-year period to a contractor who didn't do what he was paid to do. I'm Neal Schiff and that's the FBI's Closed Case of the Week."

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