NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey’s attorney general is offering up to $25,000 for tips from the public to fight public corruption.
Attorney General Christopher Porrino announced the initiative on Tuesday, along with a program that offers lower-level defendants in a corruption scheme the chance to avoid prosecution if they blow the whistle on the crime.
Porrino says that getting the initial lead to help uncover and prosecutor crimes is a critical challenge.
The reward will be offered for tips that lead to the conviction of a crime involving public corruption.
It is not available to government employees who learn of the crime in the course of their employment if they already have an official duty to report it.
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