Shalom Lamm Partner Gets 6 Months In Bloomingburg Voter Fraud Case
A former warehouse in Bloomingburg will soon be ready to house a Satmar yeshiva for boys. Image by Josh Nathan-Kazis
By Josh Nathan-Kazis September 18, 2017
Kenneth Nakdimen, who pled guilty to voter fraud in the small upstate New York village of Bloomingburg this year, received a six-month prison sentence on Friday.
Nakdimen’s co-defendant, developer Shalom Lamm, is still awaiting sentencing. The two were involved in a controversial project to build homes for Hasidic Jews in the rural village.
The Times Herald-Record reported in May that Nakdimen reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Nakdimen’s six month prison sentence will be followed by a year of supervised release. He is also required to pay a $20,000 fine. The judge in the case recommended that he serve his time at the federal prison in Otisville, New York, which has a significant population of observant Jewish convicts.
Lamm’s sentencing is set for September 28.
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