A federal suit filed Aug. 29 in Newark alleges that a confidential informant was murdered after the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office blew his cover to organized crime figures.

In Estate of Lagano v. State of New Jersey, 12-cv-5441, the plaintiff claims the county prosecutor and the state Division of Criminal Justice, which set up the informant arrangement, “creat[ed] a dangerous condition” that led to Frank Lagano’s violent death.