New York rabbis had Israeli money connection

Pakistan News.Net
Saturday 25th July, 2009

The Jerusalem Post has reported that the source of millions of dollars involved in alleged money-laundering by five arrested New Jersey rabbis, came from Israeli sources.

The rabbis were arrested in the US on Friday, allegedly in connection with a money laundering scam and trafficking in human organs.

New Jersey’s Jewish communities have been shocked by the stories of corrupt politicians who accepted cash bribes in exchange for political favours and rabbis who allegedly laundered tens of millions of dollars through charities in the United States, Switzerland and Israel.

According to court documents, one of the rabbis detained, Eliahu Ben-Haim, used a source in Israel to supply money in the US in exchange for a 1.5 percent fee.

The FBI on Thursday arrested Israeli man, Levi Deutsch, charging him with funding the bank checks that were passed through charitable organisations run by the rabbis.

Deutsch allegedly travelled frequently between Israel and New York as a diamond seller, among other businesses.

He allegedly told police he worked with a Swiss banker who charged two or three points per $1 million laundered through him.

The Post has reported the FBI case will hinge on the testimony of a chief cooperating witness from the Syrian Jewish community, who managed to infiltrate a money-laundering network in New Jersey and Brooklyn.

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