He was facing nine to 11 years under the terms of his plea deal, which led to his cooperation agreement with the government. Federal prosecutors urged U.
District Judge Jose Linares in Newark to impose a lesser sentence, citing the extensive scope of his efforts in a three-year FBI undercover operation that became the largest sting operation in New Jersey history. The U. Dwek faces a second sentencing date tomorrow morning in Monmouth County on additional charges involving fraudulent bank loans.
Dwek, now 40, has been behind bars since June , when Linares summarily revoked his bail for lying to the FBI about a rental car that had been reported stolen in Maryland, where his family now lives. The charges in the matter were later dropped. The next day, he tried to do it again at another branch in Asbury Park before the bank — only then realizing there were no funds to back the first check — abruptly stopped the transaction as the second deposit was being made.
Facing 30 years in jail for the bank fraud, Dwek secretly entered into a plea deal following his arrest, agreeing to cooperate with the U. While in home confinement, Dwek will be under supervision, Ross said. He will be able to leave the house to go to work and attend certain community activities. What happened to Solomon Dwek's properties? When Dwek was sentenced by Linares in October , the U. Attorney's Office asked for a sentence of between three and four years for the admitted con man.
Government officials cited Dwek's level of cooperation with the government, which made him "the most significant cooperator" the U.
Attorney Mark McCarren said. Linares also barred Dwek from seeking employment in the real estate industry, or buying and selling real estate as an investor.
Dwek, son of a prominent rabbi, lived in Ocean Township at the time of his arrest on federal bank fraud charges.
He began cooperating with the FBI a short time later, wearing a wire and a hidden video camera and traveling throughout the state and New York City to meet with politicians and Orthodox Jewish rabbis. His efforts as a government informant led to the arrests of 46 people on money-laundering and political corruption charges in a massive FBI sting operation dubbed "Operation Bid Rig.
Video: Solomon Dwek apologizes. The arrests — and Dwek's cooperation — created a sensation in a state long used to political corruption charges.
Among those arrested were several rabbis and a man charged with selling black-market kidneys. Dwek testified in several trials as the government's star witness. He described how he secretly recorded meetings with prominent rabbis and public officials. The next day, he tried to do it again.
Facing 30 years in prison for the bank fraud, Dwek soon entered into a plea deal, agreeing to cooperate in a bid to cut the amount of time he would serve. While prosecutors sought leniency at sentencing in October , pointing to the significant role Dwek played, U. District Judge Jose Linares expressed little patience for the informant's own crimes—including lying to the FBI about a missing rental car that later led to the revocation of his bail while he was preparing to testify in an upcoming trial.
To gain power. To gain respect. Accounting for the 16 months Dwek spent in jail after his bail was revoked, and credit earned while in prison, he was served far less than six years, and was scheduled for release this September. Of the 46 people charged in the case, 34 entered guilty pleas, four were convicted at trial, two were acquitted, one died before trial, one is a fugitive and charges were dropped against four.
Among those sent to prison, former Guttenberg Councilman Vincent Tabbachino died in prison while serving a term of more than three years.
He had been convicted of bribery and attempted extortion, and later pleaded guilty to money laundering.
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