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Category Archives: Abuse
Cantor Stanley Rosenfeld is back in prison
Jewish Whistleblower writes: As first reported by the Awareness Center several weeks back, Cantor Stanley Rosenfeld is back in prison after violating the terms of his probation twice. Although full details are still not available, court dockets indicate that Judge … Continue reading
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Tagged competency examination, jewish academy, jewish synagogues, jewish whistleblower, probation reports, stanley rosenfeld
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Bernie Madoff’s Victims
Here is one list. Another list Here’s a tax filing from the now defunct Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, which invested with Madoff From a secret source: HSBC "has emerged as one the largest victims of Bernard Madoff’s alleged fraud with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Madoff, bernie madoff, capital management llc, fairfield greenwich group, pioneer investments, tremont capital
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Bernie Madoff Scandal
Joe emails: This is what is known as a complete unmitigated disaster. The lawyers are gearing up for battle to find out who Madoff gave money to while he was on the verge of collapse, but that is hardly the … Continue reading
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Tagged advent of the internet, bernie madoff, carrion flesh, jewish community foundation, swiss bank accounts, unmitigated disaster
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Ramaz School Exposed To Bernie Madoff Scam
From the Ramaz Email List: Dear Ramaz Family, Late last week, we learned that Ramaz, through at least one of the funds in which it has endowment and other invested funds, has exposure to the alleged fraud committed by Bernard Madoff and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Madoff, bernie madoff, board chair, fagin, pension program, tiaa cref
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Jewish Philanthropy Devasted By Bernie Madoff
From the Jerusalem Post: At least $600 million in Jewish charitable funds have been wiped out by the collapse of Bernard Madoff’s Wall Street investment firm, a partial review by The Jerusalem Post revealed Monday. Yet much is still hidden … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Madoff, bernie madoff, jerusalem post, ponzi scheme, worldwide economic downturn, worldwide jewish community
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Jewish Philanthropy Devastated By Bernie Madoff Scam
JTA reports: Sources close to Yeshiva University, where Madoff served as treasurer of the board of trustees and chairman of the board of Y.U.’s Sy Syms School of Business until he resigned last week, said that the school has lost … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Charity
Tagged bernie madoff, forbes magazine, fred wilpon, gmac financial services, high finance, jewish new york, philadelphia eagles owner, subprime mortgage, sy syms, uja federation of new york
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Another scam — Is he Jewish?
From the New York Times: In recent days, Dreier L.L.P., the Park Avenue law firm that Mr. Dreier founded, has been plunged into chaos. At least $35 million in escrow that was to have been held by the firm seems … Continue reading
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Tagged government request, madoff, neutron bomb, s books, shargel, yale graduate
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The Jewish Community Foundation Of Los Angeles Victimized By Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme
Bernard Madoff has taken many charities for a ride, including the Jewish Federation in Los Angeles. Cathy Siegel Weiss and Marvin I. Schotland write Dec. 13 to their Jewish Community Foundation [Los Angeles] board of trustees: It has come to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Madoff, custodial funds, endowment funds, jewish community foundation, ponzi scheme, united jewish fund
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Wall Street & The Jews
HymenRothofMiami: Young man HymenRothofMiami: The New York press is all over the Jewish angle regarding this latest wall street scandal. HymenRothofMiami: Apparently he took down a lot of monied Jews. HymenRothofMiami: As he "did the Jewish circuit" HymenRothofMiami: I’m thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged assemblyman dov hikind, graphic accounts, hater, hatred, jew, jewish angle, Jews, orthodox jew, orthodox jewish community, rabbi yehuda
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Chairman of Yeshiva University Business School Arrested in $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme
Gadi Pickholz emails: Chairman of Yeshiva University Syms School of Business indicted in one of the largest ponzi schemes in history, as much as $50 BILLION — not million. Sorry, something is fundamentally wrong. From an analytic and statistical approach, … Continue reading
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Tagged fundraising capabilities, probability charts, rabbi menachem, sexual scandals, university business school, Yeshiva University
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