UNION CITY AND BEYOND U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced on Tuesday that Shimon Haber, a real estate developer, was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement for conspiring to launder money for political contributions to a Union City official in exchange for official approvals.
Haber, 34, of Brooklyn, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money to conceal and promote unlawful activity.
The charges and sentencing resulted from a two-track undercover investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation into political corruption and international money laundering which resulted in charging 44 individuals in criminal complaints on July 23, 2009, many of whom were involved in Hudson County politics.
According to a press release, in addition to the prison term and home confinement, Haber was ordered to serve two years of supervised release and pay a fine of $4,000.