THESE KOSHER PRICKS THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING IN THE NAME OF THEIR RELIGION! THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN ORDINARY CRIMINALS USING THEIR RELIGION TO GET OVER ON PEOPLE!NY rabbi accused of extorting Connecticut hedge fund
Rabbi Milton Balkany, dean of Bais Yaakov day school, allegedly threatened, lied to workers at hedge fund to persuade them to send checks totaling $3.25 million. Rabbi is charged with wire fraud, extortion, false statements, blackmail.
A prominent Brooklyn rabbi was arrested Thursday in a scheme to extort a Connecticut-based hedge fund into paying millions of dollars to two schools, federal prosecutors said.
Rabbi Milton Balkany, dean of Bais Yaakov day school, allegedly threatened, lied to workers at hedge fund to persuade them to send checks totaling $3.25 million. Rabbi is charged with wire fraud, extortion, false statements, blackmail.
A prominent Brooklyn rabbi was arrested Thursday in a scheme to extort a Connecticut-based hedge fund into paying millions of dollars to two schools, federal prosecutors said.
Rabbi Milton Balkany, the dean of Bais Yaakov day school and a prolific campaign fundraiser, was charged with wire fraud, extortion, false statements and blackmail.
Prosecutors did not know the name of his attorney. His home phone number was unlisted.
Balkany, 63, was accused in 2003 of improperly using a $700,000 federal grant intended for disabled children but avoided prosecution by admitting he disobeyed terms of the grant. He agreed to repay the grant's administrator.
On Thursday, prosecutors alleged in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal magistrate court that Balkany threatened and lied to workers at the unnamed hedge fund to persuade them to send him checks totaling $3.25 million.
On Thursday, prosecutors alleged in a complaint filed in Manhattan federal magistrate court that Balkany threatened and lied to workers at the unnamed hedge fund to persuade them to send him checks totaling $3.25 million.
Balkany contacted representatives of the hedge fund between December 2009 and February saying he was the spiritual adviser of an inmate incarcerated in upstate New York who had knowledge of purported insider trading involving six securities traded by the hedge fund, prosecutors said.
Balkany told them government officials had visited the inmate but that Balkany would not allow the inmate to speak to them about the purported illegal trading so long as the hedge fund agreed to give $4 million to two schools, Bais Yaakov and another Jewish yeshiva, both in Brooklyn, according to the complaint.
Investigators determined that the inmate was not in contact with government officials about any purported illegal trading, the complaint said. Instead, after a delay in receiving the money he had demanded from the hedge fund, Balkany contacted federal prosecutors in January to tell them that he had some "very vital information" they would be interested in hearing from the inmate, the complaint said.
Prosecutors said he made false statements and concealed information from the government in contacting the authorities during those conversations.
According to court documents, Balkany had received two checks by Thursday from the hedge fund totaling $3.25 million, paid as part of a sting.
Balkany was released on his own recognizance after posting $250,000 bond and about $1 million property in equity. He surrendered his passport and was ordered not to leave the state.
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NY cantor accused of defrauding charities
Daily News reports Benny Rogosnitzky of the prestigious Park East Synagogue accused of swindling National Council of Young Israel, education group Gateways out of more than $300,000
Daily News reports Benny Rogosnitzky of the prestigious Park East Synagogue accused of swindling National Council of Young Israel, education group Gateways out of more than $300,000
Benny Rogosnitzky, a cantor at a prestigious Manhattan temple, is accused of scamming almost $500,000 from a charity, a longtime supporter and his soon-to-be ex-mother-in-law, the Daily News reported on Sunday.
According to the report, a federal suit claims Rogosnitzky, known at Park East Synagogue for his "smooth charm and rich voice," tricked a marketing director for the National Council of Young Israel and an education group, Gateways, out of more than $300,000.
Klara Ringel, whose daughter is embroiled in a bitter divorce with Rogosnitzky, said he deceived her into giving $132,000 to a corrupt charity, the Daily News reported.
According to the Daily News, Rogosnitzky, 36, claimed in court records that he's the victim. He said his estranged wife, 37-year-old Chana Ringel, and her family trashed his reputation, forcing him to leave the Jewish Center on the upper West Side, where he'd worked for 13 years.
The cantor declined to comment on the Daily News' report, but the cantor's spokesman, Andrew Moesel, said that Ringel's accusations are tied to the divorce. The couple has two children.
"These accusations are part of a smear campaign designed to apply pressure in a matrimonial dispute," Moesel was quoted by the Daily News as saying. "Mr. Rogosnitzky fully intends to repay any business debts as soon as the divorce matter is resolved."
However, Rabbi Mordechai Suchard, founder and president of Gateways, told the Daily News that Rogosnitzky is "a dangerous person."
In a deposition, Suchard claimed that in 2008 Rogosnitzky asked to use a Gateways credit card to reserve space for a retreat sponsored by his own organization, Cantors World. When the American Express bills rolled in, there were charges for El Al tickets to Israel, kosher food and liquor to the tune of $150,547, he said in a deposition.
According to the Daily News, Rogosnitzky initially said he didn't know anything about the charges, but then he called them a mistake.
Court papers, the report said, allege that the cantor even told American Express he was a Gateways employee entitled to use the card. Only $45,000 has been repaid - by one of Rogosnitzky's congregants, the Daily News said.
According to a deposition, Tziporah Spear, marketing director for the National Council of Young Israel, had a similar run-in with the cantor. Court records show that Rogosnitzky asked her for a credit card in 2007 to hold a reservation for a Cantors World event, then ran up $150,000 in charges, including 17 plane tickets.
According to the report, a federal suit claims Rogosnitzky, known at Park East Synagogue for his "smooth charm and rich voice," tricked a marketing director for the National Council of Young Israel and an education group, Gateways, out of more than $300,000.
Klara Ringel, whose daughter is embroiled in a bitter divorce with Rogosnitzky, said he deceived her into giving $132,000 to a corrupt charity, the Daily News reported.
According to the Daily News, Rogosnitzky, 36, claimed in court records that he's the victim. He said his estranged wife, 37-year-old Chana Ringel, and her family trashed his reputation, forcing him to leave the Jewish Center on the upper West Side, where he'd worked for 13 years.
The cantor declined to comment on the Daily News' report, but the cantor's spokesman, Andrew Moesel, said that Ringel's accusations are tied to the divorce. The couple has two children.
"These accusations are part of a smear campaign designed to apply pressure in a matrimonial dispute," Moesel was quoted by the Daily News as saying. "Mr. Rogosnitzky fully intends to repay any business debts as soon as the divorce matter is resolved."
However, Rabbi Mordechai Suchard, founder and president of Gateways, told the Daily News that Rogosnitzky is "a dangerous person."
In a deposition, Suchard claimed that in 2008 Rogosnitzky asked to use a Gateways credit card to reserve space for a retreat sponsored by his own organization, Cantors World. When the American Express bills rolled in, there were charges for El Al tickets to Israel, kosher food and liquor to the tune of $150,547, he said in a deposition.
According to the Daily News, Rogosnitzky initially said he didn't know anything about the charges, but then he called them a mistake.
Court papers, the report said, allege that the cantor even told American Express he was a Gateways employee entitled to use the card. Only $45,000 has been repaid - by one of Rogosnitzky's congregants, the Daily News said.
According to a deposition, Tziporah Spear, marketing director for the National Council of Young Israel, had a similar run-in with the cantor. Court records show that Rogosnitzky asked her for a credit card in 2007 to hold a reservation for a Cantors World event, then ran up $150,000 in charges, including 17 plane tickets.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Balkany
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Balkany
He is married to Sarah Rubashkin, an occasional lecturer on Chabad Hasidim, with whom he has 13 children. His father in law is Rabbi Aaron Rubashkin the founder of Agriprocessors.
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