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Category Archives: Spinka
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, … Continue reading
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Tagged fraud conviction, Hancock Park, john vandevelde, orthodox judaism, tax evasion charges, thom mrozek
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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, … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
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Tagged bank accounts, guilty plea, jerusalem post, jewish group, united mizrahi bank
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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. … Continue reading
Spinka Scandal
The blogger Orthodonomics posts to Cross-Currents: I might be one of the few bloggers who has the tax notes sitting on my nightstand. I would not use insularity as the description to describe the basis for this scheme, but arrogance. … Continue reading
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