Deutsche Bank Israel Managing Director Arrested In Tax Probe
The managing director of Deutsche Bank’s operation in Israel has been arrested on Tuesday as part of a probe of suspected tax offences.
“Shame on You, Kenny Specht,”
A retired city firefighter who wants to lead his union has posted a slew of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic rants on his Facebook page including one in which he calls an Orthodox couple who lost seven children in a Brooklyn fire “dirty bastards.”
Alexander Lapshin Extradited To Azerbaijan
Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin was extradited from Belarus to Azerbaijan on Tuesday, a Foreign Ministry source confirmed, two months after being arrested for criticizing Azerbaijan and its president.
Amazon German Site Promotes Sale of Anti-Semitic Book
Shimon Samuels, the Director for International Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in France, sent an angry letter of protest to the founder of the ‘Amazon’ online marketplace, following the site’s promotion of a German book which spreads anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Penn State Sophomore From NJ Dies After Fall At Fraternity House
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Questions are surrounding the death of a Pennsylvania State University student from New Jersey after police say paramedics weren’t called until about 12 hours after he fell at a fraternity house.
Human Traffickers Face Cash Crunch After Western Union Probe
Human traffickers will encounter a much tougher time if they try to to move money out of the US. At the same time, consumers impacted by Western Union’s illegal wire fraud-based activities from 2004 to 2012 may be entitled to a repayment based on the settlement announced last month.
Ashkelon Mayor Indicted For Bribery, Money-Laundering
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni and some of his top lieutenants were indicted in the Tel Aviv District Court on Tuesday for bribery, money-laundering and a slew of other crimes involving more than NIS 1 million related to efforts to obtain hush money to pay two women in exchange for their silence about sex crimes Shimoni…
Jewish Ex-Con Gets 30 Years In Florida Mosque Fire
A Jewish ex-convict was sentenced to 30 years in prison for setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter occasionally attended.
Israel Police Investigate Teva Pharmaceutical
The police’s national fraud unit has launched an investigation into suspicions that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries bribed officials abroad a month and a half after the company settled a similar case in the United States.
Newark, NJ – 79-year-old Doctor On Trial In $200M Health Fraud Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. — Details of a long-running health care kickback scheme that allegedly featured prostitutes, cash-stuffed envelopes and private jet junkets began to unfold in federal court Tuesday as a 79-year-old doctor went on trial for his alleged role in the scheme.