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For Immediate Release:  
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January 6, 2009  

Peter Aseltine
609-292-4791

Office of The Attorney General
- Anne Milgram, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Deborah Gramiccioni, Director

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South Brunswick Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Steal $105,000 Intended for Newark Central High School Project

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TRENTON – A South Brunswick man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal $105,000 in funds that were allocated by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation for payment to a masonry subcontractor working on the construction of Newark Central High School, Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah L. Gramiccioni announced.

According to Director Gramiccioni, Craig Maltese, 54, of South Brunswick, pleaded guilty yesterday to an accusation charging him with third-degree conspiracy to commit theft before Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa in Middlesex County.

In pleading guilty, Maltese admitted that he conspired with other unnamed individuals between Aug. 1, 2005 and July 19, 2006 to divert $105,000 in funds of the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation, now known as the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, that had been authorized for payment to a masonry subcontractor.

The New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation had authorized payment of $283,765 to the subcontractor solely for the purposes of preparing the job site, purchasing materials and paying other start-up costs related to the masonry work. Maltese admitted that $105,000 of that NJSCC money was instead diverted to M.T. Consulting, a construction consulting company owned by his family.

Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that Maltese receive a sentence of probation. He must pay restitution of $35,000 to the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation. The investigation into the unauthorized diversion of funds is continuing.

The investigation is being conducted and coordinated by Sgt. Anthony D’Aquino, Sgt. Alan Drummond and Deputy Attorney General Pearl Minato of the Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau. Deputy Attorney General Minato took the guilty plea.

Judge DeVesa scheduled Maltese’s sentencing for March 20.

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