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New Jersey: FBI Covert Evidence Ruling in Loan Shark Trial

Calendar Jan 07, 2002 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that evidence secretly gathered by the FBI to catch an alleged mob loan shark can be used in a trial later this year. US District Judge Nicholas Politan said it was acceptable for . . . A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that evidence secretly gathered by the FBI to catch an alleged mob loan shark can be used in a trial later this year. US District Judge Nicholas Politan said it was acceptable for FBI agents armed with a search warrant and without permission for a wiretap, to install a secret computer system in Nicodemo Scarfo's office and monitor its output. Scarfo has been charged with racketeering, illegal gambling and loan sharking as a member of what the US Department of Justice called "a Mafia crime family".

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