Spinka

November 1, 2009

The David Rubin Indictment

Click here for the .pdf.
I hear: The question that might be asked how will Yavneh do financially with its biggest benefactor busy with the indictment? Will there be fallout to any of the places David Rubin supported or individuals he associated with ala Spinka investigation which will be getting into full blow-out announcement in the [...]

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May 3, 2009

Will The Spinka Hasidim Scandal Slow Down The Money Laundering Rampant In Orthodox Yeshivas?

You would think the Spinka downfall would have put it to a stop. I’ve heard that even though only a few people have been named so far in that case, there is a long list of major donors in the hands of a federal grand jury who are going to be doing plea deals or [...]

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January 11, 2009

Inside The Robert Kasirer Wedding

Security was tight at the wedding of Robert Kasirer’s son Sunday night at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. I suspect Bobby’s worried about somebody pumping lead into him.
Robert’s sister did not show up (in protest of Bobby’s informing ways). Several other family members from Hancock Park did not show up.
More than 100 people [...]

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September 12, 2008

Alan Friedman Sued

Alan Friedman was one of the people arrested in the Spinka fiasco. This lawsuit might be him. Case Number: SC099598
ALAN FRIEDMAN COMPANY VS. MARC E. HECKER

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July 27, 2008

Spinka Tax Fraud Conviction

From the Los Angeles Times July 19:
A Hancock Park man agreed to plead guilty to federal tax evasion charges for making donations to an Orthodox Jewish group that were mostly refunded and then deducting them on his tax returns, federal prosecutors said today.
Uri Mandelbaum, 70, agreed to plead guilty to two felony tax charges and [...]

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July 11, 2008

Spinka Claims His Miranda Rights Were Violated Because He Doesn’t Understand English

One of the Spinka Hasidim busted along with the Spinka Rav is going to make a motion Monday that his arrest should be thrown out because he was read his rights in English which he doesn’t understand, and in Yiddish, which he doesn’t understand (he can only read). Therefore his post-arrest confession should be thrown [...]

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June 30, 2008

Guilty Plea In Spinka Case

My favorite headline on this comes from the UPI: "Banker Admits Fraud, Rabbi To Follow."
From the Jerusalem Post:
A Tel Aviv-based banker with United Mizrahi Bank pleaded guilty to setting up secret bank accounts in Israel that, prosecutors say, helped charitable contributors to an orthodox Jewish group evade US taxes.

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February 10, 2008

Rabbi Weil’s A Straight Arrow

Joe says:
Beth Jacob’s Rabbi Weil is a straight arrow. He runs Beth Jacob meticulously. By the book. Not a penny shaved from the IRS. He is a sharp contrast to the Hungarian survivors Mafia of Hancock Park and BH. They are not going to stop now.
You might also want to look in the mess [...]

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January 24, 2008

Robert Kasirer Hires A Bodyguard

Kasirer was the key informant in the Spinka Hasidim money laundering case.
All those who gave money to the Spinkas and got most of it back along with a 100% tax write-off are going to be investigated by the feds and are likely to feel angry at Kasirer.
Fees are going up 15% in September at [...]

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January 21, 2008

Fiery Rejoinder To Rav Yitzhock Adlerstein

A poster using the name Rabbi Meyer May (it is not the real Meyer May as Rabbi May is Rav Adlerstein’s boss at the Weisenthal Center) writes in response (and the comment was not approved for publication by Rav Adlerstein):
Your disgusting article does not merit debate or discussion.
What you have shown, is your inner hate [...]

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