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Investigative Reports
Investigative Reports
Who Can Request an Investigation by the SCI?
SCI investigations over the years have been undertaken as a result of contacts and referrals from many different sources. The Governor, members of the Legislature, and other public officials at the federal, state, county and local level can bring matters before the Commission.
So can average taxpayers. In fact, a substantial measure of the SCI’s most recent work targeting abuses in new home construction and local government corruption has had its genesis in complaints filed by taxpayers. Rebuffed in their search for investigative help elsewhere in government, they turned to the SCI, and it’s Website Hotline – and got results.
2025
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
SCI Report Inspires Legislation to Protect Individuals Seeking Substance Use Treatment
2024
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
SCI Report: The Dirty Business Behind Getting Clean
2024
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
An Inquiry into Human Trafficking Activity in the Massage and Bodywork Therapy Industry in New Jersey
2024
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight | Public Hearings
Illegal Firearms Use & Trends in New Jersey
2024
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Safeguarding New Jersey Students from Sexual Predators and Child Abuse at School
2024
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Organized Crime Snapshot: January 30, 2024
2023
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Local Government Ethics and Integrity Issues in Edgewater Borough
2023
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse
An Investigation into the State of New Jersey’s COVID-19 Response at the Veterans Memorial Homes
2023
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
An Inquiry into the State Law Governing Healthcare Conversion Funds
2023
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
An Inquiry into Allegations of Improprieties in New Jersey’s Congressional Redistricting Process
2022
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight | Public Hearings
SCI Public Hearings on the Addiction Rehabilitation Industry in New Jersey
2021
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Schools Development Authority, Part II
2021
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Bitcoin ATMs
2021
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Abusing the Badge: A Report on the SCI’s Investigation into Constables in New Jersey
2020
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
The Beat Goes On and On: Waste and Abuse in Local Public Employee Compensation and Benefits
2020
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
New Jersey Schools Development Authority
2019-2020
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
The Rise of the Pagans in New Jersey
2019
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Hospital-Related Regulatory Oversight and Accountability
2019
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Dirty Dirt II: Bogus Recycling of Tainted Dirt and Debris
2018
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Public Hearing: Juvenile Gun Violence and Neighborhood Gangs
2018
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Organized Crime Spotlight: MS-13
2018
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Gaming the System II: Abuses in the Used-Car Industry
2018
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Corrupt Commerce: Heroin, Thievery and the Underground Trade in Stolen Goods
2017
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: New Jersey’s SPCAs 17 Years Later
2017
Investigative Reports | Public Hearings
Dirty Dirt: The Corrupt Recycling of Contaminated Soil and Debris
Read the Final Report: Dirty Dirt: The Corrupt Recycling of Contaminated Soil and Debris
2016
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Armed and Dangerous – Ten Years Later
2016
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Questionable Contracting: No Bids, Lax Oversight and a Monopoly in Online Tax Sales
2015
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Gaming the System: Abuse and Influence Peddling in New Jersey’s Used-Car Industry
2014
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Inside Out: Questionable and Abusive Practices in New Jersey’s Bail-Bond Industry
2013
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Pills to Heroin: New Jersey’s Flourishing Narcotics Trade
Read the Final Report: Scenes From an Epidemic
Read the Transcript: Public Hearing (June 15, 2011)
2012
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Union Work Public Pay
2011
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Industrious Subversion: Circumvention of Oversight in Solid Waste and Recycling
2010
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Time Out: Addressing Waste by the NJSIAA
2009
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
The Beat Goes On: Waste and Abuse in Local Government Employee Compensation and Benefits
2009
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
SCI Holds Public Hearing On Gangs In Prisons
Gangland Behind Bars – Final report
2008
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Alarming Contracts in the Purchase of Fire Trucks in New Jersey
2007
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Higher Education: Vulnerable to Abuse
2007
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Electronic Voting: Protecting the Integrity of the Vote in New Jersey
2007
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Charity Care: An Ailing System
2006
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Taxpayers Beware: What You Don’t Know Can Cost You
2006
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Subversion of Firearms Ammunition Sales
2005
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
The Gifting of New Jersey Tax Officials
2005
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
New Home Construction in New Jersey
Transcripts from Day 1
Transcripts from Day 2
Transcripts from Day 3
Transcripts from Day 4
Transcripts from Day 5
2005
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Funding and Operations of County Clerks
2005
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
County Clerks’ and Registers’ Offices in New Jersey
2004
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
The Changing Face of Organized Crime in New Jersey
2004
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
E-ZPass: The Making of a Procurement Disaster
2003
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Associated Humane Societies
2002
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
N.J. Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection Contract
2001
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Read the report
Read the press release
Read part 1 of the appendix
Read part 2 of the appendix
Read part 3 of the appendix
1999
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Public School Roofing Projects
Read the report
Read the appendix
Read the public hearing announcement
Read the summary of findings
Read the public hearing opening statements
Download Roofing Scams: A Generic Guide
1999
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight | Public Hearings
Computer Crime
1998
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Pensions and Benefit Abuses
1998
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Local Government: City of Orange Township
1997
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
New Jersey School Busing Industry
1997
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
New Jersey Detective Agency
1997
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Local Government: Borough of Seaside Heights
1997
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Contract Labor: The Making of an Underground Economy
1996
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Russian-Emigre Crime in the Tri-State Region
1996
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Former Insurance Commissioner Andrew J. Karpinski
1995
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Organized Crime in Bars Part II
1995
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
N.J. Marine Sciences Grant and Sham Retirement of E. Brunswick Teacher
1995
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
County Clerks’ Trust Funds
1995
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Casino Control Commission
1994
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
River Vale Recreation Department
1994
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Point Pleasant School District
1994
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Nursing Home Certificates of Need
1994
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital
1994
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Borough of Jamesburg
1993-1994
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Money Laundering
1993
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Quality Education Money to Lyndhurst
1993
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Passaic High School Print Shop
1993
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Belleville Township
1992-1993
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Fiscal Year’ 89 Budget Over-Expenditures Division of Development Disabilities
1992
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Solid Waste Management
1992
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
New Jersey Transit’s Bus Subsidy Program
1992
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Local Government Corruption Overview
1991-1992
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Motor Fuel Tax Evasion
1991
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Organized Crime in Bars Part I
1990-1991
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Video Gambling
1990-1991
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Afro-lineal Organized Crime
1989-1990
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
New Jersey School Boards Association
1989-1990
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Aids Prevention Program
1989
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Overview of Organized Crime
1988-1991
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Garment Industry
1988-1989
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Cocaine Problem in New Jersey
1987-1989
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Nursing Home Property Cost Reimbursement System
1986-1988
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Check Cashing and Organized Crime
1986-1987
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Organized Crime-Affiliated Sub-Contractors on Casino and Publicly-Funded Construction Projects
1986-1987
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Impaired/Incompetent Physicians
1986
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
State Racing Commission’s Regulatory Deficiencies
1985-1986
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Probes of N.J. Division of Motor Vehicles
1984
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Misconduct and Inappropriate Controls in the Newark School Security System
1984
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Excessive Spending of the Newark Board of Education
1983-1985
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Organized Crime in Boxing
1983-1984
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Boxing Law Reform
1983
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Leasing of State Lands in Sussex County
1982
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Lakewood Municipal Industrial Commission
1981-1983
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Misconduct in the Operation of Certain County and Local Sewerage and Utility Authorities
1981-1982
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime
Organized Crime at Mass Housing Construction Sites
1981-1982
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Mismanagement of the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency
1980-1981
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Organized Crime Infiltration of Dental Care Plans
1980
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Truck Unloading Practices
1979-1980
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Questionable Public Insurance Procedures
1979
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Sudden Death Investigations
1978-1979
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Injury Leave Practices
1978-1979
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Absentee Ballot Fraud
1977-1978
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Boarding Home Abuses
1977-1978
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Organized Crime in Atlantic City
1977-1978
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Misuse of Public Funds in the Operation of Non-Public Schools for Handicapped Children
1976-1977
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Prison Furlough Abuses
1976-1977
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Atlantic City Casino Gambling
1975-1977
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Investigation of Medicaid Abuses
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1975-1976
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Land Acquisition Deals in Middlesex County
1974-1975
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Lindenwold Municipal Corruption
1974
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Delaware River Port Authority
1974
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Charitable Funds Misuse
1973-1974
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Passaic County Vocational-Technical School
1973-1974
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight | Public Hearings
Narcotics Traffic and Drug Law Enforcement
1972-1975
Investigative Reports | Regulatory, Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight | Public Hearings
Improper Municipal Planning, Zoning Procedures
1972-1974
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Workers Compensation Frauds
1972-1973
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey
1972-1973
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Bank Fraud in Middlesex County
1972
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Stockton College Land Acquisition Deals
1972
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Organized Crime in Ocean County
1971-1972
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Point Breeze Development Frauds, Jersey City
1971
Investigative Reports | Waste | Fraud and Abuse
Misappropriation of Public Funds, Atlantic County
1970-1971
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Hudson County Mosquito Commission Embezzlements
1970-1971
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Corrupt State Purchasing Practices
1970-1971
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Building Service Industry Abuses
1970-1971
Investigative Reports | Organized Crime | Public Hearings
Organized Crime Control Of Long Branch
1969-1970
Investigative Reports | Waste, Fraud and Abuse | Public Hearings
Monmouth County Prosecutor Office - Misuse of Funds
Information coming soon!
1969-1970
Investigative Reports | Regulatory | Ethics and Law Enforcement Oversight
County Prosecutor System
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