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July 7, 2011

Office of The Attorney General
- Paula T. Dow, Attorney General
Division of Criminal Justice
- Stephen J. Taylor, Director
Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor

- Ronald Chillemi, Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor

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East Orange Health Inspector Charged with Soliciting Bribe from Grocery Store Owner to Overlook Health Code Violations

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TRENTON – Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced that a health inspector employed by the City of East Orange has been arrested for allegedly soliciting a bribe from the owner of a small grocery store.

According to Director Taylor, Enock Moochi, 51, of Jersey City, an East Orange Health Inspector, was charged yesterday by complaint warrant with second-degree bribery. He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in state prison if convicted of the charge, including a mandatory minimum term of five years in prison without possibility of parole under New Jersey’s penalty enhancements for public corruption. Moochi was arrested yesterday as a result of an investigation by the New Jersey State Police and the Division of Criminal Justice.

Moochi allegedly solicited a $1,000 bribe from the owner of a small grocery store in East Orange last week, telling the owner that he would overlook health code violations that he had found in return for the bribe. Moochi allegedly agreed to accept the bribe in two separate payments of $500. He allegedly received one $500 payment from the food mart owner on Thursday, June 30. He allegedly received the second $500 payment yesterday. Moochi was arrested at the store yesterday by detectives of the State Police Official Corruption Bureau after he allegedly received the second payment from the owner.

Because the charge is an indictable offense, the case will be presented to a grand jury for potential indictment. The complaint is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Moochi was released without posting bail after being processed on the charge.

The investigation was conducted by Acting Lt. Glenn Lubertazzi, Acting Detective Sgt. First Class Geoffrey Forker, Acting Detective Sgt. Lisa King, Acting Detective Sgt. Mario DiRienzo, Detective Brian Murphy, Detective Oliver Sissman and Detective Pablo Castro of the State Police Official Corruption Bureau North Unit, and Deputy Attorney General Richard Queen of the Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security provided assistance in the investigation.

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