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Former elections investigator Jaslow sentenced to 2 years probation in Operation Bid Rig probe
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A former investigator for the Hudson County Board of Elections avoided prison time when he was sentenced for bribery in the Operation Bid Rid III, the large-scale federal corruption sting in July 2009.
Denis Jaslow, 48, who ran for state Senate in 2003, was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and he was fined $5,000 by Judge Jose Linares in federal court in Newark Tuesday. As part of his sentence, Jaslow must also undergo mental health treatment for the term of the probation.
Denis Jaslow, of North Bergen, pleaded guilty on June 7, 2011 to provide a $10,000 bribe to Dennis Elwell, then the mayor of Secaucus, on behalf of a man trying to buy influence on development matters. That man, Solomon Dwek, turned out to be an undercover government informant.
He previously pleaded guilty to extortion conspiracy, but the plea was thrown out after a successful legal challenge to some aspects of the wider case.
Jaslow could have been sentenced for up to 10 years in prison and fined $250,000, but it is believed that his cooperation in the feds' investigation of other people charged in the corruption probe led to a more lenient sentence.
In all, 46 people, including mayors, state legislators, failed candidates and rabbis, were charged in the sting into political corruption and money laundering.
A month after Jaslow pleaded guilty, Elwell was convicted of accepting a $10,000 bribe. In April he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, a term that he began serving in June.
Among those convicted or who pleaded guilty are former Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, former Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini and former Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega.