Jona Rechnitz Lured Diamond Dealer Into Ponzi Scheme
A government witness in the now-defunct probe of Mayor Bill de Blasio recruited several prominent and wealthy New Yorkers into a Ponzi scheme whose accused mastermind goes on trial this month.
A government witness in the now-defunct probe of Mayor Bill de Blasio recruited several prominent and wealthy New Yorkers into a Ponzi scheme whose accused mastermind goes on trial this month.
An haredi child on Tuesday night threw a stone at a woman in her fifties after judging to be “not dressed modestly.”
Ottawa – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has charged a food distributor with sending cheddar cheese to Jewish summer camps falsely labeled as kosher.
Syracuse, NY – A Brooklyn man who used dilapidated Syracuse rentals to steal $127,000 from banks, then fled to Canada for five years, avoided going to jail today after pleading guilty to 32 felonies and misdemeanors.
A Brooklyn landlord and “serial briber,” who once threatened to blackmail a tenant with a phony incest claim if she didn’t move out of his building, was sentenced to up to six years in prison Monday morning, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and court records.
Ultra-Orthodox extremists in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood burnt effigies of Haredi IDF soldiers during Lag B’Omer celebratory bonfires on Saturday night as part of their protest against the Conscription Law.
Jerusalem District Court convicted former chief Rabbi Eliahu Bakshi-Doron of fraudulent receipt of goods or services under aggravated circumstances, awarding fictitious diplomas and breach of trust.
The notorious Rockland podiatrist and his girlfriend were sentenced to state prison in connection with the complex plot to murder his wife.
One of the lawyers representing former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was caught with classified documents in his possession as he left the prison in which Olmert is serving time, Channel 2 News reported Friday.
Congregants of the old Chabad shul in Meah Shearim were amazed to discover on Shabbat (Sabbath, Saturday) that vandals had broken into their synagogue.