Bail Revoked For Informant In N.J. Corruption Sting
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A judge has revoked the bail of the federal government's main informant in New Jersey's largest corruption sting.
Solomon Dwek was arrested last month in Baltimore for failing to return a rental car and later lied to the FBI about it. That violated his cooperating witness agreement.
Dwek had been free on bail since his 2006 arrest in a $50 million bank fraud.
In the sting operation, Dwek posed as a corrupt real estate developer. He asked New Jersey elected and appointed officials for help. The probe led to 46 arrests in 2009.
At a hearing Tuesday in Newark, U.S. District Judge Jose Linares revoked Dwek's bail and ordered him sent to prison.
The government had requested that Dwek be held on house arrest.
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