Brazilian Court Drops Bribery Charges Against Joseph Safra
A Brazilian federal court has dropped charges against Jewish billionaire banker Joseph Safra of being part of a conspiracy to pay bribes to Brazilian tax officials. “Mr. Safra was not investigated, he...
View ArticleArizona Police: Parents Woke Up To Israeli Burglar With Pants Down Holding...
PHOENIX — An Arizona man accused of picking up a 2-year-old girl in the home of a family he didn’t know said Friday that he was drinking at a friend’s place and accidentally went into the wrong...
View ArticleDavid Nguyen, Ecstasy and Marijuana Smuggler Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
A 40-year-old man from Toronto, Canada was sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison Monday after he recruited couriers to smuggle MDMA, also known as ecstasy, and Canadian marijuana to a man in...
View ArticleIsaac Sofer, Satmar Hassid Arrested By FBI In Brooklyn
The FBI busted a prominent Hasidic leader who raised campaign funds for Mayor de Blasio, charging him with food stamp fraud. Yitzchok (Isaac) Sofer hosted a fundraiser for the mayor and is a leader in...
View ArticleMichael Schlisser Accused Of Using $1.2M Investment For Personal Debts
ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. – A Rockland man accused of misappropriating thousands of dollars from a $1.2 million investment fund is facing a federal charge of wire fraud, according to court documents....
View ArticleJewish Hedge Fund Execs Charged In $1B Ponzi Scheme
Jewish New Yorkers fear a repeat of the Bernie Madoff scandal after senior executives of a New York hedge fund with close community ties were accused this week of operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme...
View ArticlePlatinum Partners Arrests Are Scant Consolation For Alleged Victims
When six executives of Platinum Partners, including founder Mark Nordlicht, were arrested on Monday on federal charges of running a more than $1 billion hedge fund fraud, people who had long alleged...
View ArticleFBI Investigators Questioning Leaders In Williamsburg Satmar Community
FBI investigators are questioning leaders in Williamsburg’s Satmar Hasidic community in their expanding inquiry into Mayor de Blasio’s fund-raising practices. Rabbi and political fund-raiser Moishe...
View ArticleFormer Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger To Plead Guilty In NIS 10M. Fraud Case
Former Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yona Metzger has reportedly reached a plea agreement with state prosecutors over a slew of corruption and bribery charges involving some NIS 10 million ($2.5 million)....
View ArticleJoseph Gutnick and Son Mordechai Gutnick Links To US Fund In The Spotlight
Merlin Diamonds has been ordered to explain the relationship between its founder, bankrupt mining magnate Joe Gutnick, his son, Mordechai Gutnick, and a mysterious New York fund that owns 11 per cent...
View ArticleHaifa Rabbinical Court Rabbi Yechiel Illouz Seriously Wounded By Gunfire
A 45-year-old man was shot and killed and a rabbi who oversees conversions was seriously injured in two separate shooting incidents in Haifa on Tuesday. Police launched a manhunt for the suspected...
View ArticleIsraeli Suspected of Vandalizing Jesus Statue In Uman
Police in the city of Uman in Ukraine arrested an Israeli man they suspect of defacing a large crucifix as payback for the desecration of a synagogue last month. The suspect, Netanel Shimon, on Dec. 31...
View ArticleDolls Used To Smuggle Hard Drugs Into Israel From US
Ten suspects were taken into custody recently in a joint operation by Israeli police and the Tax Authority to crackdown on the smuggling of hard drugs into Israel from the United States. The suspects...
View ArticleIra Bernstein Admits Plotting To Kill Wife
NEW CITY, New York – A plea deal was reached Monday in the case of a Rockland County podiatrist who plotted to have his wife murdered. Jury selection was set to begin in Ira Bernstein’s trial. In...
View ArticleSinger Margalit Tzanani Car Exploded, Criminal Hit
Israeli singer Margalit Tsanani’s car exploded in the central Israeli city of Azur on Tuesday. After initial investigations into the blast, police have confirmed a criminal motive in the incident....
View ArticleHasidic Jewish Man of Beating GAY Man Sentence Delayed
The family of a gay, black student beaten to near-death by a band of Hasidic neighborhood watchmen will have to wait two more months to see their son’s lead attacker face his fate. Mayer Herskovic, a...
View ArticleFormer Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger To Be Jailed For 3.5 Years
Former chief rabbi Yona Metzger is reportedly to be jailed for three and a half years in a plea bargain about to be signed. Metzger reached a plea agreement with state prosecutors over a slew of...
View ArticleFrum Man Assaulted At Monsey Wedding For Having A Smartphone
Monsey resident 29-year-old Refael Koenig was beaten was using his iPhone to record a Spring Valley chasenah he was attending last week when suddenly, he was attacked for being in possession of a...
View ArticleRabbis Convicted In Forced ‘Get’ Want Verdicts Overturned
Lawyers for three Orthodox rabbis are seeking to overturn the 2015 conspiracy convictions that put the three in prison. Authorities alleged that the rabbis used beatings, stun guns, and a cattle prod...
View ArticleFeds Find Audio Recordings Made By Shomrim Leader
The feds have uncovered a trove of audio recordings that capture “dealings of questionable legality” by members of the NYPD raising the specter of more arrests in a bribery probe. Manhattan federal...
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