Michael Ritacco News

Toms River, N.J., Schools Owed $4.3M From Insurance Kickback Scheme

A federal judge last week has ordered millions of dollars in restitution for the Toms River, N.J., regional school district stemming from a bribery and kickback scheme. Former Superintendent Michael Ritacco and the district’s former insurance broker, Francis Gartland, have …

Ex-Insurance Broker Gets 15 Years for Swindling N.J. City School Board

An insurance broker already headed to prison for funneling bribes to a former Toms River, N.J., school superintendent now faces an additional sentence for swindling the city of Perth Amboy in New Jersey. A state judge in New Brunswick, N.J., …

Former N.J. School Chief in Insurance Bribery Scheme Drops Suit

A former Toms River schools superintendent who admitted taking more than $1 million in bribes in a kickback scheme has dropped a lawsuit against the school district. Michael Ritacco claimed in a lawsuit filed last fall that the Toms River …