{"id":13326,"date":"2015-07-01T21:57:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T04:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=13326"},"modified":"2015-07-01T22:01:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T05:01:04","slug":"businessman-admits-bribing-fire-official-to-wipe-out-millions-of-dollars-of-fines-and-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=13326","title":{"rendered":"Businessman Admits Bribing Fire Official to Wipe Out Millions of Dollars of Fines and Penalties (News Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWARK, N.J.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13327\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Victort-Coca.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13327 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Victort-Coca-300x285.png\" alt=\"Victort Coca\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Victort-Coca-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Victort-Coca.png 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor Coca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A North Bergen, New Jersey, businessman admitted paying cash bribes to a West New York, New Jersey, fire official to eliminate millions of dollars in outstanding fines and penalties on buildings with fire code violations, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Victor Coca,<\/strong> 48, plead guilty on Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas to Count One and Count Two of an indictment charging him with paying bribes to a local government employee.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5JQJd7HvI7k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coca was the owner and president of a general contracting company in West New York.<\/li>\n<li>Two buildings in West New York had outstanding fines for fire code violations.<\/li>\n<li>The first building, located on Bergenline Avenue and owned by a friend of his, had approximately $14,500 in fines and penalties for outstanding fire code violations.<\/li>\n<li>Coca agreed to pay a fire official for the West New York Bureau of Fire Prevention, a witness who was voluntarily cooperating with federal authorities, a $2,000 cash bribe to eliminate the outstanding fire code fines and penalties.<\/li>\n<li>On March 27, 2014, Coca handed the fire official a $2,000 cash bribe.<\/li>\n<li>The second building, located on Hudson Avenue and partly-owned by Coca, had more than $8.7 million in fines and penalties for outstanding fire code violations.<\/li>\n<li>Coca paid a $5,000 cash bribe to the fire official in return for the fire official purportedly reducing the amount due to the West New York Bureau of Fire Prevention to the initial fine amount of $5,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The two bribery counts to which Coca pleaded guilty each carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gain or loss from the offense, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 20, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWARK, N.J. 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