Mr.
Schiff: The FBI's office in Newark,
New Jersey, got word that a court
clerk in the Newark Municipal Court
was taking bribes…
Mr.
Quinn: "This case began with
a phone call; anonymous tip that came
into the office."
Mr. Schiff: FBI
Special Agent Sean Quinn was one of
the investigators along with the Newark
Police Department…
Mr. Quinn: "We decided that
we need to have proof, obviously,
that the wrong-doing was underway
at the municipal court. And the only
thing we could see that would work,
by way of gaining evidence, would
be sending an undercover agent in
there to try and duplicate what we
heard the municipal clerk was doing
for other people, and that's exactly
what we did."
Mr. Schiff: Quinn
says the corrupt clerk took money
to clean criminal records so people
could get jobs. Basically he was changing
official records by removing, say
drug charges, so people could get
clearances and jobs…
Mr. Quinn: "Give you an example:
if you were trying to get a job at
the Port Authority here in Newark,
New Jersey, you would have to get
a security clearance. If you had a
criminal history, you wouldn't get
the clearance, there, you wouldn't
get the job."
Mr. Schiff: The
clerk pleaded guilty to extortion
of $4,000 and was sentenced to 33
months in prison. I'm Neal Schiff
of the Bureau and that's the FBI's
Closed Case of the Week."
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