Miami University students plead guilty to vandalizing Jewish religious structure

OXFORD, Ohio – Accused of vandalizing a religious structure belonging to a Jewish campus organization, three Miami University students submitted guilty pleas last week, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Kevin Ladriere, 20; Eli Lauger, 20; and Santiago Arenas, 19 turned themselves in to Oxford police after Hillel at Miami’s sukkah was upended on Oct. 15.…

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New details on how suspects were captured after allegedly plotting to attack New York City synagogue

New York City is taking action after two men accused of plotting to attack a synagogue were arrested over the weekend at Penn Station. MTA Police officers caught the men a few hours after receiving an alert about the suspect. Monday, Mayor Eric Adams praised the officers, but said he’s worried about a “copycat” attack…

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New Parliamentary standards commissioner wants rabbis ‘properly regulated’ in wake of assault claims

Britain’s incoming Parliamentary standards commissioner has called for all UK rabbis to be “properly regulated” as a safeguarding benchmark in the wake of the latest sexual assault allegations against Golders Green Rabbi Chaim Halpern. Barrister Daniel Greenberg told Jewish News: “It is very important that criminal allegations go to the police and nobody else. Rabbis,…

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Two Estonians accused of $575mn crypto fraud

Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, on an 18-count indictment for their alleged involvement in a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering conspiracy, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 37, allegedly defrauded hundreds of thousands of victims through a multi-faceted scheme, wherein they induced them…

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