Joe Vas completed a federal sentence in Connecticut
TRENTON - Former Perth Amboy Mayor Joe Vas is back in New Jersey to begin serving a state prison sentence stemming from corruption charges.
Vas returning to N.J. for state prison sentence
The former mayor and assemblyman just finished serving a 61/2-year federal prison sentence in Connecticut for a 2010 conviction of mail fraud, misapplying government funds and making false statements to the FBI. Prosecutors say Vas used state affordable-housing money to help entice the buyer of an apartment building that he owned in 2006.
Joseph Vas (File photo) The state charges are tied to money-laundering to support his 2006 congressional campaign.
The 62-year-old is scheduled to be released in June.