April 13, 2007

Fraud Charges Are Filed in U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Case

By KARIN FISCHER

A federal grand jury has handed up the first indictments in a continuing investigation into alleged fraud and abuse at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, bringing corruption charges against a powerful state senator and a former dean of the university's School of Osteopathic Medicine.

The 20-count indictment charges State Sen. Wayne R. Bryant, a Democrat and a former chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, with using his political influence to obtain a

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