To short of a thread for that.
Yup, it's Friday. Ok.
..." is the former rabbi of Oros Yisroel, a school for special-needs students that closed in 2015 because of federal and state tax liens of more than $295,000, according to public records."How does a school have federal tax liens? Not a nfp?
The prosecutor said he targeted the Jewish community?
"We are sending a message to this community that the party is over," the law enforcement source said."The party," the source refers to are allegations that Orthodox Jews bilk the public assistance systems.
"Financial assistance programs are designed to alleviate family hardships for those truly in need," said Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato in a statement. "My office gave clear guidance and notice to the Lakewood community in 2015 of what is considered financial abuse of these programs."Those who choose to ignore those warnings by seeking to illegally profit on the backs of taxpayers will pay the punitive price of their actions."
It is of course not explicit, but the only community they "warned" was the orthodox one. That is also the only one they investigated. The didn't warn or investigate Lakewood's Hispanic, black, or senior community.
Police target high crime black communities all the time and there is no outrage. Just the opposite is true. The residents want these communities cleaned up.
That is also the only one they investigated. The didn't warn or investigate Lakewood's Hispanic, black, or senior community.
They will target Albany Park but will they target only the Blacks in Albany Park and not the Hispanics?
really?? Is that why there is almost no law enforcement cooperation from these communities? If they want the community cleaned up, stop sending 7yr old Tyron to be a runner or lookout
You make it sound like that if they found a non-Jew scamming the government they would look the other way. Reminds me of the famous quote: The famous criminal Willie Sutton was once asked why he robbed banks, and his response was simple, eloquent, and humorous: Because that’s where the money is.
And if while targeting blacks in Albany Park they would find a hispanic they also would not look the other way. Do they have snything showing that this fraud is more rampnt in the Orthodox community? I can show you numbers which show the opposite. The issue is that they used an anti-semitic stereotype to decide to spend millions on investigating a specific ethnic profile. That is illegal profiling. Of course there are criminals in the Orthodox community. Probably at about the same rae as every other middle class community, maybe a little more skewed to white collar crime due to various aspects of background and upbringing. The types of crimes are probably also the ones which would be found in middle class communities. That does not mean that they profiled and targeted over other communities.
As far as numbers I have no idea. When I read here that the whole community is worried that sure doesn't sound like just a few involved.
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/charged-with-welfare-fraud-in-pennsylvania-including-lancaster-county-residents/article_d2ea7a6e-4f8f-11e7-bd5a-07190d0b7b36.htmlThis does happen elsewhere but for some reason it doesn't make national news. The lakewood story was in the WSJ, saw it thanks to dansdeals signup...
Did you consider the scale of the frauds before trying to make your foolish allegation? Next its anti-Semitism, right?
Two wrongs don't make a right. This can be used in a criminal defense. And it has been used successfully before.
Some of these cases do seem to have involved nitpicking by the prosecutors from what I am hearing. I don't think it is coincidental that soem of the indictments were released and some not.