TRENTON — Governor Jon S. Corzine Oct. 6 reappointed former casino executive and FBI agent James B. Darcy, Jr., of Marmora, to the Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority Board of Directors.
According to its mission statement, the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority serves as the destination’s principal marketing arm, stimulating economic growth through convention and leisure tourism development.
Darcy was one of 50 appointments and reappointments the governor made to various commissions, authorities and boards on Oct. 6. Corzine’s nominations are subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
Darcy was originally appointed to the board by Corzine in August 2006 to replace resigning board member Mark Brown.
“Mr. Darcy’s extensive experience and creative thinking are a welcome addition to the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority’s board,” Jeffrey Vasser, president of the authority, said in a 2006 press release. “We are extremely pleased to be working with him.”
Darcy is a partner in the business security consulting firm J & J Investigations, LLC. Created in 2005, J & J provides corporate and legal communities from around the world with investigative services.
Darcy previously served as chief compliance officer for Caesars Entertainment, Inc., in Las Vegas from 1998 to 2005.
Darcy served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1970 to 1977. He is a graduate of Boston College’s School of Management, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He also holds an MBA from The Citadel.
A special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation since 1977, Darcy was assigned as the Senior Supervisory Resident Agent of the Atlantic City office of the FBI at the time of his retirement in 1998.
Darcy’s crime-fighting efforts against organized crime in Atlantic City were documented in “The Boardwalk Jungle,” a 1986 book by Ovid Demaris. In Chapter 27: “The Mayor and the Mobsters,” Demaris explained how Darcy was involved in the investigation leading to the indictment of former Mayor Michael J. Matthews on charges of using his office to extort bribes from businessmen for his own benefit and for associates in organized crime, including former Philadelphia crime boss Nicodemo Scarfo.
“Darcy quickly explained that Matthews had been the subject of an FBI Atlantic City corruption investigation,” Demaris wrote.
“After outlining the case against him (Matthews),” said Darcy in court, “he responded that he wanted to cooperate fully and help us anyway he could.”
Darcy was the first witness in the Federal case against Matthews, according to a New York Times article by Donald Janson from Nov. 9, 1984. Matthews was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to extortion.
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