7 Breslov Hasidim Arrested For Alleged Money Laundering, Fraud

Jerusalem police have reportedly arrested arrested seven haredim for allegedly committing fraud and money laundering. Six of the arrested live in the town of Beitar Illit; the seventh lives in the the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim.

Updated 8:32 pm CDT

7 Haredim Arrested For Alleged Money Laundering, Fraud
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com

Jerusalem police have arrested arrested seven haredim for allegedly committing fraud and money laundering. Six of the arrested live in the town of Beitar Illit; the seventh lives in the the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Ynet reported.

The men are all reportedly associated with the Shuvu Banim Breslov hasidic sect. The sect's leader, Rabbi Eliezer Berland, has been hiding in Morocco after fleeing Israel. Berland is accused of sexually abusing female followers, including several minor girls.

The seven arrested hasidim allegedly committed tax fraud and money laundering to fund Shuvu Banim institutions and, perhaps, Berland's upkeep.
 
Police reportedly said more arrests are expected.

In New York City today, a senior Breslov activist, Joseph "Yossi" Roth, was implicated in a alleged criminal scheme carried out by the former head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, William Rapfogel.

Rapfogel was fired by the Met Council late last week after it was made aware of the criminal investigation into Rapfogel by New York State's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Comments

[Moisheb]

Although innocent untill proven guilty The heimishe over there have not gotten the message that they are not above the law, over here in the U.S, thank god the bulk of the haridim have gotten the message no one is above the law - well they will learn the hard way over there

[jancsibacsi]

Moisheb--Here in america they didnt get the message either,all those on medicaid food stamps and sec.8 are liers thiefs they report they make the minimum to get all those benefits so there you are, the hareidim here in usa are even more of a thief then their israeli counterparts.

[S M L]

Hmm - must be Monday; that's the day for financial fraud. Tues-Thurs are for reports of molestation and general depravity and Friday and Sunday for general foolishness and rioting. There's no end to these stories.....all from what population base - a million total Haredim worldwide of which perhaps 100K are adult males? Amazing.

[Moisheb]

Jancsibacsi -- well then they will learn also once they get that call from the DA office --- it just seemed to me that people started to go a little straighter -also remember charges doesn't mean a conviction you do undetstand that all these listings are charges these are only the prosocution point of view and there is almost never a comment from the defedants (even a "no comment") will be nice to see and also how many of these charges result in convictions ? Who knows ,any way people should know regardless from were- to obey the law

[jancsibacsi]

S M L--You are right they are amazing especially when it has to do with mischivous bad behaviour,they are the best at it

[David]

+++The heimishe over there have not gotten the message that they are not above the law, over here in the U.S, thank god the bulk of the haridim have gotten the message no one is above the law - well they will learn the hard way over there

Posted by: Moisheb | August 12, 2013 at 02:09 PM+++

Moisheb, I know of nowhere in the world where the Charedim don't think they are above the law. And no, they never do "get the message".

[Edith]

At least they were happy while getting arrested, even jumping up and down on the spot.

[ruthie]

breslev! who would have thought?

[Emanuel Newgant]

S M L: LOL

[S M L]

"..I know of nowhere in the world where the Charedim don't think they are above the law. And no, they never do "get the message"...."

Which is exactly why deterrence - fear of arrest, imprisonment - gets nowhere with them or at least not with a certain generaton of them. They're not playing by the same set of rules as the rest of the population. Hashem will protect them from the consequences of their action; that and the power of their bloc voting (in Brooklyn and Rockland County, at least)

[Yosef ben Matitya]

breslev! who would have thought?

why are u surprised ruthie? (are you really?)
they are all sick. a straight line runs from delusional obsessive compulsive reb nachman -just read his selection of tehilim for the tiqun haclali- to todays berland (now in hiding in morocco), and the mass of fools that goes to Ukraine on yontef and rob and pick up fights with the Ukrainians.

[Moisheb]

David - I realize your comment is within the same vein as this site - but on a more serious and accurate assesment - some one should try to calculate the white collar crime rate in the orthodox communities vs the national average - I'm not so sure the results will coincide with your commnts its just more newsworthy than if some black guy or Italian guy did the same or even worse because that's not newsworthy its not out of the oridinary

[ruthie]

( ;