Mayors & Rabbis Arrested In New Jersey Corruption Probe

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMqjxgauxXg

Money laundering, organ harvesting, fencing swag....you name, they do it...

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Corzine didn't know about this....

....And Chuck Schumer didn't know about this!?!??

And I'm the tooth fairy.

Abolish the New York legislature!

This almost certainly isn't

This almost certainly isn't connected to this case but I thought I'd post an interesting piece of news that brings up some disturbing questions related to it.

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4882.shtml
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44 People Charged In Criminal Complaint

Three New Jersey mayors and several rabbis were arrested on Thursday in a sweeping federal investigation into political corruption that also uncovered human kidney sales and money laundering from Brooklyn to Israel

23 Jul 2009,

Here is the full list of names of those arrested on Thursday in a massive FBI corruption probe in New Jersey and New York and the charges they face.

Political Corruption

• Moshe Altman, 39, of Monsey, NY, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right & money laundering

• Charlie Ammon, 33, of Lakewood, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Leona Beldini, 74, of Jersey City, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under colorof official right
• Peter Cammarano III, 32, of Hoboken, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Joseph Cardwell, 68, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with agreeing to offer bribe to public official
• Joseph Castagna, 53, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Guy Catrillo, 54, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with attempted extortion under color of official right
• Edward Cheatam, 61, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right & attempted extortion
• Dennis Elwell, 64, of Secaucus, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Itzak Friedlander, 41, of Union City, NJ, charged with money laundering conspiracy
• Richard Greene, 45, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• John Guarini, 59, of Bayonne, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Shimon Haber, 34, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering conspiracy
• Denis Jaslow, 46, of Wall, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Maher A. Khalil, 39, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right & attempted extortion
• James P. “Jimmy” King, 67, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Louis Manzo, 54, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Michael Manzo, 53, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Ronald Manzo, 65, of Bayonne, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Michael Schaffer, 58, of Hoboken, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Lori Serrano, 37, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Jack Shaw, 61, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• L. Harvey Smith, 60, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Anthony R. Suarez, 42, of Ridgefield, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Vincent Tabbachino, 68, of Fairview, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right & money laundering
• Daniel M. Van Pelt, 44, of Waretown, NJ, charged with attempted extortion under color of official right
• Mariano Vega, 59, of Jersey City, NJ, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Lavern Webb-Washington, 60, of Jersey City, charged with conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right
• Jeffrey Williamson, 57, of Lakewood, NJ, charged with attempted extortion under color of official right

For the charge of conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right and/or attempted extortion under color of official right, the maximum statutory penalties are 20 years in federal prison and a maximum statutory fine of $250,000.

For the charge of agreeing to offer a bribe payment to a public official, the maximum statutory penalties are 10 years in Federal prison and a maximum statutory fine of $250,000.

Money Laundering/Illegal Money Remitting

• Eliahu Ben Haim, 58, of Long Branch, NJ, charged with money laundering.
• Schmulik Cohen, 35, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering and illegal money transmitting.
• Levi Deutsch, 37, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• Yeshayahu Ehrental, 65, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering and illegal money transmitting.
• Mordchai Fish, 56, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• Yolie Gertner, 30, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• David S. Goldhirsh, 30, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• Saul Kassin, 87, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• Edmund Nahum, 56, of Deal, NJ, charged with money laundering.
• Abe Pollack, 40, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• Lavel Schwartz, 57, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• Binyomin Spira, 28, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• Naftoly Weber, 40, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering.
• Arye Weiss, 34, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with money laundering and illegal money transmitting.

Human Organ Trafficking

• Levy-Izhak Rosenbaum, 58, of Brooklyn, NY, charged with conspiracy to transport human organs

For the charge of conspiring to commit money laundering, the maximum statutory penalties are 20 years in Federal prison and a maximum statutory fine of $250,000.

For the charge of conspiring to conduct an illegal money transmitting business, the maximum statutory penalties are 5 years in Federal prison and a maximum statutory fine of $250,000.

For the charge of conspiring to transport human organs, the maximum statutory penalties are 5 years in Federal prison and a maximum statutory fine of $250,000.
www.myfoxny.com

3 NJ mayors, lawmakers arrested in corruption case

More information about this mess.

By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press Writer David Porter, Associated Press Writer – 7/23/09 8pm EDT

NEWARK, N.J. – An investigation into the sale of black-market kidneys and fake Gucci handbags evolved into a sweeping probe of political corruption in New Jersey, ensnaring more than 40 people Thursday, including three mayors, two state lawmakers and several rabbis.

Even for a state with a rich history of graft, the scale of wrongdoing alleged was breathtaking. An FBI official called corruption "a cancer that is destroying the core values of this state."

Federal prosecutors said the investigation initially focused on a money laundering network that operated between Brooklyn, N.Y.; Deal, N.J.; and Israel. The network is alleged to have laundered tens of millions of dollars through Jewish charities controlled by rabbis in New York and New Jersey.

Prosecutors then used an informant in that investigation to help them go after corrupt politicians. The informant — a real estate developer charged with bank fraud three years ago — posed as a crooked businessman and paid a string of public officials tens of thousands of dollars in bribes to get approvals for buildings and other projects in New Jersey, authorities said.

Among the 44 people arrested were the mayors of Hoboken, Ridgefield and Secaucus, Jersey City's deputy mayor, and two state assemblymen. A member of the governor's cabinet resigned after agents searched his home, though he was not arrested. All but one of the officeholders are Democrats.

More:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090724/ap_on_re_us/us_nj_corrup...

Let's not whitewash Bowser

This is about murdering Palestinian kids and prisoners to provide organs for Jews or the highest bidder. It's been going on for decades....now the FBI admits this sting was 10 years on now.

10 years permitted to play out until keeping this 'undercover' was getting too risky.

The organ selling wouldn't

The organ selling wouldn't be a problem if selling organs wasn't illegal. Then the prices wouldn't be so high. I mean its ok if I give it away for free but if I say hey give me $100 for it all of a sudden i'm a bad guy? making things illegal doesn't remove the price system and scarcity.

Total Corruption

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The men who run our world are immoral

Our political system is seeded with immorality.

It is all based on a lie.

If you WORSHIP money then you will do anything to get it.

Orthodox Rabbis?

When you sign up to be a rabbi, don't you commit yourself to being a moral person?

I guess they get a cell next to the pedophile priests. These guys promised to serve God. The men who signed them up to be priests and rabbis knew this was coming.

God is truth...in a world of lies the "men of God" are liars and go to prison.

They are trying to convince you that NO ONE is moral....that immorality is the rule.

Do not believe them, it is a lie.

Literally "bus loads" of assorted hoods, Rabbis, a deputy mayor and two city mayors were brought in by the FBI. Bus loads.

You tell me you want to work with the democratic party or the Republican party in your state....you gonna tell me...

"they aren't like that in my state...".

You want to work with your "state party heads."

They put these people into office...you don't get to be mayor of Hoboken unless you are vetted, selected and primed by the state party.

The parties you guys are trying to work with are organized crime. Two city mayors from Jersey are in jail. The governor of SC is on the way out. Spitzer had a hooker habit for 20 years+ and he still got elected.

Folks it's a rig job.

We need to tell the truth...that is the only thing that will end the lie.

Stop thinking it is a side show.

Put your foot down. Stop snickering at the people who get caught.

The truth is your heart...speak it.

Unify

tstorey~ yes, this is the sad state

of affairs...and it is pervasive throughout...it's disgusting !

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Agreed entirely!

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Yo Belle!

You are the best and this is why.

You have the courage to tell the truth.

You see it is wrong and you say so.

So many won't say anything or they will think it is funny.

It is disgusting, but, at least some of them are in the jug.

Unify

This is New Jersey, is

This is New Jersey, is anyone really surprised? I've been thinking about getting out of this State for quite a while now. Second to dead last on the state economic and freedom policy index, only NY was worse.

Highest property taxes in the country ($7,000 average per household as per the local newspaper 2-3 months ago).

If you want high paying State jobs or State contractor jobs, all you need is an influential friend.

Anyhow...

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NJ could have a big corruption case like

this every day for a year & then we'd have a shot at being clean.