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Category Archives: Fraud
Orthodox Rabbi Philip Esformes Charged in Unprecedented $1B Medicare Fraud Case in Miami
BACKGROUND: “Nursing Home Baron Rabbi Morris Esformes: “Beside the fact that they’re anti-mental health and anti-black, they’re probably anti-Jew because I’m an ordained rabbi”” NEWS: The largest ever criminal health care fraud case surfaced last week when Justice Department officials … Continue reading
Jewish Healthcare Charity Settles Medicaid Fraud Suit For $47 Million
Report: A Jewish healthcare charity founded by the Bertha Alperstein, the wife of Talmud scholar and Rabbi Abraham Alperstein, almost a century ago in his honor has agreed to repay $47 million to the State of New York and the … Continue reading
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FBI destroys evidence linked to Medicare fraud among Orthodox Jewish community in New York
JPOST 2015: The FBI destroyed records indicating potential Medicaid fraud among haredi Orthodox Jews in upstate New York’s Orange County because they came from an unauthorized investigation. Justin Rodriguez, a spokesman for Orange County, told MidHudson News on Tuesday that … Continue reading
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There Have Been over 100 Hate Crime Hoaxes in the Past Decade
From Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart, May 2, 2016: Victimhood is profitable. On the internet, it can get you thousands of dollars in crowdfunding donations. In the media, it can win you national prominence and a cooing audience of credulous sycophants. On … Continue reading
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UPAC announces new tax-fraud charges against former contractors of the Jewish General Hospital
News: A group of former contractors who performed construction work at the Jewish General Hospital were charged on Tuesday with 78 counts of tax fraud and are accused of engaging in false billing and obtaining illegal tax refunds from the … Continue reading
Yisroel Pensack: Some Thoughts on the Sentencing Hearing of Sholom Rubashkin
A sentencing hearing in the financial fraud case of former Agriprocessors kosher slaughterhouse manager and Lubavitcher chassid Sholom Rubashkin is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Wednesday) in federal court in Iowa. There is a concept in Judaism that each Shabbat “blesses,” … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Chabad, Ethics, Fraud, Judaism, Kashrut, Torah, Truth, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged animal slaughter, chillul Hashem, conduit for blessing, confession, egypt, federal court, Iowa, lubavitcher, lubavitcher rebbe, Pesach sheni, Rashi, sacrificing animals, second Passover, sentencing hearing, shabbat, Sholom Rubashkin, wages, weights and measures, yom kippur
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LA Jewish Philanthropist Indicted For Fraud
The Jewish Journal reports: Sherman Oaks-based mortgage banker Bruce Friedman, whose Friedman Charitable Foundation committed $10 million to the Children’s Museum of Los Angeles and $1 million to Brandon’s Village, a special-needs park in Calabasas, was indicted on securities fraud … Continue reading
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Tagged bruce friedman, investor money, lavish lifestyle, real estate investment, real estate investments, securities and exchange commission
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Orthodox Jews Targeted In Scam By The Same Bloke Who Denied His Wife A Divorce For Near A Decade
I’ve received emails asking me why I have not linked the Joseph Shereshevsky below to the Rabbi Yossi Sharashefsky who refused for many years to give his wife a get (Jewish divorce). The reason I have not linked them is … Continue reading
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Tagged bank fraud, orthodox jewish community, orthodox jews, private placements, securities and exchange commission, unauthorized purposes
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Israeli Ethiopians Conned By Rabbis
Rabbi Lev Brackman writes for YNETNEWS: The phenomenon, as it turned out, is not unique: Yedioth Ahronoth received testimonies from other Ethiopian couples who encountered a similar experience; shortly before the wedding, and after having made all the arrangements, Rabbi … Continue reading
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Tagged brackman, chief rabbi, ethiopian community, jewish wedding, proper conversion, rabbi yosef
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