Former New York judge shoots himself when FBI arrives to arrest him for bribery

On September 24, a former prosecutor and retired judge in Orange County, New York, committed suicide when FBI agents came to arrest him, reports ABC7.

Agents FBI arrived at Rosenwasser's Campbell Hall home. They wanted to arrest him in connection with a corruption case. The house was barricaded. Shooting began. Agents called in a SWAT team from the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

The suspect was later found dead. He had shot himself.

Rosenwasser was under investigation for accepting a $63 bribe.

Bribery case

According to the 43-page indictment, Rosenwasser and millionaire businessman Mutz Sudani conspired to build a case against Sudani's sister and nephew and return the allegedly stolen money.

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The plot targeted Martin Sudani and his mother, Eman Sudani, who were allegedly involved in the theft of $1,6 million from wealthy former restaurateur Mutzah Sudani.

On March 8, 2023, Rosenwasser was an assistant district attorney in Orange County. He charged Sudani's relatives with grand larceny and issued arrest warrants.

When they appeared in court, defense lawyers asked Rosenwasser to recuse himself from the case because he had represented Mutzah Sudani in the 1990s, which was a conflict of interest, according to NYPost.

Rosenwasser denied the lawsuit and continued to practice deed.

But by June 2023, Rosenwasser had been replaced in the case.

By March 2024, the case against Sudani's sister was dismissed. His nephew agreed to plead guilty to grand theft in the embezzlement case in exchange for a prison sentence of one to seven years.

Martin Sudani and Eman Sudani soon filed a $22,5 million lawsuit, claiming the cases against them were rigged.

The scandal, which led to the feds raiding his home in July, forced Rosenwasser to resign from the district attorney's office.