Dr. James P. Wickstrom
TRENTON, NJ -- A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty Thursday to trafficking live human organs, the first person ever convicted of the crime in the United States, according to a new report.
Levy Itzhak Rosenbaum, 60, of Brooklyn, appeared in US federal court in Trenton, on Thursday where he confessed to helping three New Jersey residents locate donors of human kidneys, charging fees of up to $160,000, The Star-Ledger reported. He also admitted he had helped an FBI informant who was working on a massive undercover operation targeting corruption in New Jersey.