>Toms River Schools Superintendent Michael Ritacco was charged with fraud and bribery over an alleged insurance-kickback scheme

>Toms River Schools Superintendent Michael Ritacco was charged with fraud and bribery over an alleged insurance-kickback scheme

NJ superintendent charged in corruption probe

TOMS RIVER — The superintendent of New Jersey’s fourth-largest school district surrendered to the FBI on Thursday and was charged with fraud and bribery over an alleged insurance-kickback scheme.

Toms River Schools Superintendent Michael Ritacco was implicated earlier this week when a school district supervisor and a Morris County insurance broker admitted in court they had been part of a scheme to inflate school insurance charges and kick back part of the money to Ritacco as bribes.

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