Charges against Halpern were dropped after a nine-month investigation back in 2013 that saw his supporters arrested on charges of perverting the course of justice. Halpern, of the Divrei Chaim synagogue had earlier resigned his position of dayan with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations but always maintained his innocence in the face of sexual…
DetailsA federal grand jury in Chicago has charged 23 people with participating in an insurance fraud scheme that allegedly bilked 10 life insurance carriers out of at least $26 million in benefits. The defendants allegedly submitted fraudulent applications in order to obtain life insurance policies in the names of various individuals, according to the Department…
DetailsAn Astoria woman was discovered dead in Queens Village last month and her family is seeking information about a man who was allegedly seen wheeling her lifeless body on a dolly and then dumping her on the side of the road hours earlier – with a $35,000 reward being offered for the information. Claire McKenna,…
DetailsKevin Spacey is being charged with another seven sex offenses in the UK, where he is already fighting a slew of similar allegations, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Rosemary Ainslie, head of the Criminal Prosecution Service (CPS) Special Crime Division, said her department agreed to the added charges “for a number of sexual assaults against one man…
DetailsHezbollah has been exploiting a diplomatic loophole to freely funnel money from around the world into its coffers in Lebanon, a joint report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and ProPublica found. The investigation, published on Monday, found 500 cases of individuals “accused of crimes or embroiled in controversy” who currently or were previously…
DetailsIn one week alone, Israelis were faced with news about allegations of sexual offenses committed by Rabbi Tau and the light sentence handed down to a Bedouin who invaded a home in southern Israel and assaulted a young girl in her own bedroom. Rarely a month goes by without reports of a new offense or…
DetailsA Jewish cemetery in a Chicago suburb was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti, local media reported on Monday. At least 16 headstones were painted with Swastikas and another 23 were defaced at the Am Echod cemetery in Waukegan, Illinois. The message “Kanye Was Rite” was spray-painted on one headstone that marked the grave of a husband…
DetailsDays after being released on bond following an arrest for child pornography offenses, Zev Steen was rearrested and slapped with new charges among them, rape and incest. The former STEM teacher at the all-girls Orthodox Jewish day school Bnos Yisroel in Baltimore was terminated from that position and let go of others he held in…
DetailsNYACK – The Orthodox Jewish Congregation Yeshiva of Viznitz D’Khal Torath Chaim has been summoned to court for several building and code violations at the former Nyack College campus. The congregation purchased the former college on 107 acres for $45.5 million in 2020. The plans called for a school for 250 high school boys and…
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