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Ex-Teaneck Tech Execs Paid India Government $2M Bribe For New Office Complex, Feds Charge Ex-Teaneck Tech Execs Paid India Government $2M Bribe For New Office Complex, Feds Charge
Ex-Teaneck Tech Execs Paid India Government $2M Bribe For New Office Complex, Feds Charge The former president and former chief legal officers of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp in Teaneck paid government officials in India a $2 million bribe to pave the way for an office complex that would have supported thousands of employees and been of the company’s largest facilities there, a federal indictment charges. Steven Schwartz, 51, of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Gordon Coburn, 55, of Beaver Creek, Colorado, approved the payoff to secure the necessary permits for construction, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said Friday., To cover up the scheme, the pair and others “agreed that a …

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New Jersey's New Top Lawman: Bergen County's Gurbir S. Grewal New Jersey's New Top Lawman: Bergen County's Gurbir S. Grewal
New Jersey's New Top Lawman: Bergen County's Gurbir S. Grewal GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- He made his name in Bergen first as a federal prosecutor and then as a fighter against the opioid epidemic as county prosecutor. Now Gurbir S. Grewal is the top lawman in the state. Grewal, of Glen Rock, became the 61st attorney general in state history -- and the first Sikh-American attorney general in U.S. history -- when the state Senate unanimously confirmed his appointment following the inauguration Tuesday of new Gov. Phil Murphy. “I am honored and humbled to assume the role of Attorney General at this critical time for our state and country," Grewal said. &qu…

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