NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge sentenced the informant in New Jersey’s biggest corruption sting to six years in prison on Thursday, ignoring recommendations from the government to impose a lighter sentence to encourage future informants to cooperate.

Solomon Dwek, a 40-year-old disgraced real estate investor, pleaded guilty in connection with a $50 million bank fraud. After his arrest in 2006, he wore a wire for the government and wound up incriminating more than 40 politicians and members of his own Orthodox Jewish community over the next three years.

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