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 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.

That case led to the arrest of 46 people in 2009, including Rosenbaum. The sting netted New Jersey politicians, business leaders and five Orthodox rabbis.

The FBI informant, real estate investor Solomon Dwek, led law enforcement to Rosenbaum, who was a known “go-to” guy for black market organ brokering, The Star-Ledger reported.

On surveillance recordings released by the US Attorney’s office, Rosenbaum told Dwek that he had brokered black market kidney donations for fees of up to $160,000. Kidney donors from Israel received $10,000.