Alleged Haredi Organ Trafficker Scammed Money From Madoff

Levy Izhak Rosenbaum ran the Brooklyn branch of Kav Lachayim.

ORGAN-SELLING' RABBI'S $$ LINK TO MADOFF
By JAMES FANELLI

The alleged organ-selling rabbi busted as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe headed a Brooklyn charity that received dirty donations from yet another disgrace -- Bernard Madoff.

Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, 58, ran the Brooklyn branch of Kav Lachayim, a volunteer group that purports to help sickly children.

Before Madoff was busted as one of the biggest scammers in history, his $19 million family foundation donated tens of thousands of dollars over several years to the charitable group, records show.

Rosenbaum was arrested last week as part of a massive FBI sting after allegedly being caught on tape offering to sell a kidney for $160,000.

"I am what you call a matchmaker," Rosenbaum told an FBI informant trying to broker a deal.

Rosenbaum said he had brokered "quite a lot" of illegal organ deals, according to a criminal complaint.

The charity's sister organization in Israel also has ties to the selling of organs. That group was partially run by a retired banker, Yechiel Landman, who a year ago helped sick Israelis find organ donors in the Philippines, according to reports.