• In March 2011, two Pulitzer Prize winning journalists, released their book, “The Jersey Sting,” describing how, in 2009, FBI informant Solomon Dwek, posing as a real-estate developer, offered bribes to New Jersey politicians. Hoboken’s own mayor, Peter Cammarano, was convicted and jailed for accepting one of these bribes.
• The book reveals, for the first time, that Councilman  had also met with the FBI informant in 2009. In the two years since that meeting, Councilman  had never disclosed that he met with Dwek. Moreover, the book claims that  had agreed to accept bribes in exchange for expediting the developer’s building approvals.
• Reacting to the revelations, the Hoboken Reporter contacted  who stated “…I made it very clear to Mr. Dwek that I would not accept cash contributions, and there was no quid pro quo. No bribe was discussed.”
• The same day, Hoboken Patch reported  stating that “…there was no talk of a bribe. Anyone who portrays that is lying.”
• A few days later, all of claims were revealed as lies when the authors publicly released the complete FBI video tapes of the meeting with Dwek. The tapes clearly show  agreeing to accept a bribe and specifying the account to deposit the money in: ” for Hoboken.”