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salvage•

yes, same informant, and in both cases the informant went above and beyond the law, so its going to be a tough one in court.

also, there are three issues here, NJ, rabbis and kidneys. Its not the rabbis selling kidneys, nor the rabbis bribing the mayors. Its all been muxed ip.

edit: and why is this in /Israel, best reddit for this would be /joos or /judaism

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heystoopid•

Forget much about the US RICO laws do we ?

As for the rest of the low life involved .

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Where did you see that? I've looked around but haven't seen anything.

Several of the charities had to do with Israel and the organs the rabbi sold for $160,000 was to come from a donor in Israel that would get $10,000.

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salvage•

I heard it from an American friend at a shalom zachor I attended tonight. He knows the family of the informant.

I guess it has to do with Israel in a paper trail leading here. The organ trading guy may have been a rabbi, I never heard that, but he's not the same ones charged with the laundering, those rabbis are the main focus of this scandal right now, mainly because money laundering is a big thing in the hasidic charity community and with each catch the media is whipped up in a frenzy. They pretty much have it worked down to an art and these arrests won't even put a dent into their confidence.

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FBernadotte•

money laundering is a big thing in the hasidic charity community

Interesting. Wasn't aware of it.

with each catch the media is whipped up in a frenzy.

Each catch? How many have there been? With this one there is hardly a frenzy. Looks more like a yawn. Or, if there is anything approaching a frenzy, it is rather inspired by the extreme political corruption in places like New Jersey -- nothing to do intrinsically with the Hasidic charity commuinty, eh?

They (i.e., the Hasidic charity community) pretty much have it worked down to an art and these arrests won't even put a dent into their confidence.

You think? According to you then it seems that the Hasidic charity community doesn't regard money-laundering as immoral. Is money-laundering consistent with Hasidic principles?

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salvage•

why are my downvoted for simply answering someone's question? pfff!?!

as for hasidic principles, im not really sure what they are or if they still exist and serve in anything but to make hasidim more close-knit and tight as ever.

and no, I don't think money-laundering is considered to be immoral by most of these people, as most of the time they are only shipping out some money for their kids in college abroad, married abroad, living abroad or who knows what. paying transaction fees and tax on those small but important amounts is always sort to be avoided.

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