Matthew V. Scannapieco (born May 21, 1944) is an American politician who served as Mayor of Marlboro, New Jersey from 1992 to 2003. During the course of his career in public service, Scannapieco, a Republican, also served on the Township Council, the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment. During his tenure as mayor, he sat on the planning board and appointed all but one of the other members. During this time, Marlboro township experienced a 40 percent increase in housing units in Marlboro, or nearly 3,500 new units. In 2005, in the case of ''United States of America v. Matthew V. Scannapieco'', he was charged with illegally accepting cash payments to influence planning processes and

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Legal problems

Scannapieco pleaded guilty to accepting $245,000 in bribes from several land developers. The former mayor also pleaded guilty to tax evasion, specifically for failing to pay federal taxes on the money he accepted from several land developers involved with W.B. Associates. In August 2015, he pleaded guilty to

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. At the age of 71, he was sentenced to 25 years in custody.

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