Why am I still shocked when I hear of this happening?
Crime, corruption, scheming, arrogance, the taking of bribes and a shocking betrayal of the public trust…all caught on video and audio tape.
44 charged, 29 of which are public officials.
“Corruption was a way of life. They existed in an ethics-free zone, exploiting giant loop holes."
Cuffing Rabbi’s who acted as “crime bosses” in money laundering schemes, in a criminal network that operated from the U.S. to Israel. Laundering tens of millions of dollars through charities controlled by Rabbis. One defendant even got somebody to donate a kidney for $10,000 and then sold the kidney for $160,000!
"I have at least $100,000 a month coming from money I 'schnookied' from banks for bad loans."
Mr. Dwek gave one of the alleged co-conspirators a box of Apple Jacks cereal stuffed with $97,000 cash.
"Did you get the money from [Mr. Dwek] when we saw him the other day?"
Mr. Catrillo replied: "Yeah, I took care of that. Yeah."
"Business is very good. Prada, Gucci, boom, boom, boom," Mr. Dwek boasted at one point, according to court papers.
Source: WSJ, July 24, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124835404608875685.html
Saverio Manzo
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