(JTA) — Yona Metzger, a former Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, reportedly has reached a plea deal on corruption charges. Under the agreement reached with state prosecutors, Metzger will plead guilty to some of the charges in exchange for a reduced prison sentence, according to reports Wednesday in the Israeli media. The rabbi was charged…
The founder of New York-based hedge fund Platinum Partners was arrested on Monday as prosecutors unveiled an indictment charging him and six others with participating in an approximately $1 billion fraud. Mark Nordlicht, Platinum’s founding partner and chief investment officer, was taken into custody at his New Rochelle, New York, home in connection with charges…
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being criticized for blasting a veteran television journalist in a statement responding to questions he was asked for an investigative report on his administration. Ilana Dayan of the Channel 2 newsmagazine “Uvda,” or “Fact,” read the entire screed against her for nearly six minutes at the end of…
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder was questioned by Israeli police last week in connection to the fraud probe into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The police’s anti-fraud unit summoned Lauder while he was in Israel for Shimon Peres’ funeral and questioned him about various aspects of the fraud case. The development was first reported by…
— Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver can stay out of prison on bail while appealing his conviction, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a decision that suggested a possible reversal of his November corruption conviction. According to federal law, a judge should allow a defendant to stay out of prison on bail during an appeal…
Three New York City police commanders and a business consultant were arrested on Monday as part of a wide-ranging federal corruption probe that has also been examining Mayor Bill de Blasio’s fundraising. The latest arrests mark an escalation of an investigation that has led to discipline for nearly a dozen police officers and forced de…
Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, for decades one of the state’s most powerful politicians, was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison for collecting millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni said at a hearing in Manhattan federal court she hoped the sentence would deter corruption among…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has been named as one of two high-ranking Israeli politicians who are under investigation for suspected criminal behavior. The existence of the separate scandals, both in the preliminary stages of investigation, was reported in several Israeli media outlets Tuesday night. Few details have been released since the…
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