Jailed Hoboken Health Director to Be Deposed in Dispensary Corruption Case

Hoboken Bribery Suit: Pellegrini Deposed From Federal Prison

A Hoboken lawsuit accusing former Mayor Ravi Bhalla of taking a bribe to kill a medical cannabis license application is about to reach a strange milestone: its most important witness will be deposed from inside a federal prison. Judge D'Elia has approved an oral deposition of former Hoboken Health and Human Services Director Pantaleo “Leo” Pellegrini at the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix, with the session expected to wrap up by Oct…

Jailed Hoboken Health Director to Be Deposed in Dispensary Corruption Case

Former Hoboken Health Department Director Leo Pellegrini is going to give a deposition in the Nature's Touch dispensary case alleging corruption blocked them from opening. Notably, Pellegrini was caught embezzling money and sentenced to federal prison in June 2025 for embezzling money. Pellegrini is being held in the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in South Jersey. So [ . . . ] Source: Jailed Hoboken Health Director to Be Deposed in Di…

Hoboken lawsuit that claims Bhalla took 'bribe' will depose Pellegrini from prison

A Hoboken lawsuit filed by a medical cannabis license business just over two years ago alleging that then-Mayor Ravi Bhalla took a “bribe” to quash their license will depose former Health and Human Services Director Leo Pellegrini from federal prison. By John Heinis/Hudson County View “1. Leave of Court to Take the oral deposition of […] The post Hoboken lawsuit that claims Bhalla took ‘bribe’ will depose Pellegrini from prison appeared first on…