The FBI has reportedly descended on the tiny New York State village of Bloomingburg. Reports say that that the federal law enforcement agency has been spotted at several properties owned by developer Shalom Lamm in the tiny 400 person village as part of what is being called an ongoing investigation into public corruption.
FBI Raids Bloomingburg Properties Owned By Developer Shalom Lamm
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
The FBI has reportedly descended on the tiny New York State village of Bloomingburg.
Reports from local residents and from the Times Herald-Record say that that the federal law enforcement agency has been spotted at several properties owned by developer Shalom Lamm in the tiny 400 person village.
"It's a great day in Bloomingburg. We're jumping for joy,” local resident Teek Persaud told the paper.
FBI agents and other law enforcement officials are reportedly at Lamm's headquarters and at at least one other property Lamm owns.
Lamm – who is Modern Orthodox and the son of former Yeshiva University Chancellor Rabbi Norman Lamm – has been accused by locals of bribing a public official, violating fair housing law, committing election fraud and other crimes in relation to a 396-unit townhouse development that is being illegally marketed as a Satmar-only “shtetl” – a hasidic-only village.
Update 11:184 am CDT – According to the Mid-Hudson News, the FBI executed over 20 search warrants at several locations.
An FBI spokeswoman told the paper that the law enforcement activity today is part of an ongoing law enforcement operation.
Sources told the paper that ongoing operationis an investigation into public corruption.
The US Attorney’s Office reportedly had no comment on the investigation.
Besides Lamm's office, a mikva (ritual bath) and other locations were also reportedly searched by the FBI this morning.