Rockland County, NY – Seven Monsey and Kiryas Joel residents were arrested Wednesday in connection with an alleged $14 million dollar rip-off of a federal school technology funding program, federal prosecutors said.
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The suspects are accused of requesting funding for Hasidic schools through a federal school technology funding program for underprivileged students, NBC New York first reported.
The internet is banned in the insular schools for which the funds were requested.
Those arrested allegedly bilked the E-Rate program funded by the Federal Communications Commission. They posed as consultants and vendors to obtain the funds, but never provided the funded services. The scam took place from 2010 to 2016.
NBC reported that in one case, over $500,000 in video conferencing equipment was ordered for a day care center serving 2- to 4-year olds.
“The suspects in this investigation allegedly used funding from a program designed to give underprivileged schools internet access to pad their own bank accounts,” NBC quoted William Sweeney, the FBI assistant director in charge of the case, as saying. “To add insult to injury, school officials, who see the day-to-day struggle to even find money for pencils and paper, were allegedly involved in the scheme.”
It’s a real boosha. When will the ultra-Orthodox learn that people not like them are not as stupid as they teach their children that they are?
Lets hold off on the snide remarks. It’s unfortunate whether they are innocent or guilty.
This all starts with the lunch programs, when they bused us to another Yeshiva when the program inspector was counting the kids entering the lunch room. Then when it was our Yeshivas turn, they bused boys to us.
Think of what was happening…..They were teaching us boys to be a goniff. Yes! the same yeshivas that were teaching up Gemrah and Rashi, was teaching us to steal. Plain and simple.
To us at that time, it sounded like a “shtick” to get more funding for the Yeshivas. As the students went into the world, they contemplated a Ponzi scheme or some kind of “drei” in business, is nothing but just another one of those “shticks”. Those that did this E-scam thought to themselves…hey look how smart I am, such a good businessman, I figured out a way how to make money on this E-rate program – not realizing it is no different then going into an grocery store with a gun announcing a hold-up.
The moral of these stories is – A Yeshiva that makes a decision to do anything to survive and meet their obligations – NEVER involve the students! A yeshiva is there for chinuch, not just to know a Rashi but to be a decent human being.
A Chilul Hashem.
More ammunition for Naftuli Moster.
Moster, forget the fact that in 2018 there were over 150 mass school shootings and non b’h in the Yeshivos.
Forget about the latest news about holy priests who abused numerous and countless children.
Moster, go join your antisemitic friends by being in awe and dancing when frum Jews are arrested for financial crimes.
Moster,make sure to write articles in newspapers how bad and fraudulent observant Jews are.
Pure anti-Semitism handing down the indictment during Elul.
satmar doing their thing.
A Chilul Hashem…
Interesting to see how those who do everything in desecrating the almighty’s name on a daily basis are the first to scream on frum Yidden “Chilul Hashem”.
These unfortunate chevra who eat chazir and all treif, Mechalel shabbos,SUPPORTING gays saying “its ok to be gay” and its ok to tell everyone in shull that you like BEING with another guy these same folks when it comes to frum Jews misdeeds will all of a sudden scream and be concerned about chill hashem.
Hoshomer were you arrested today?
Another story about religious Jews cheating the government? Tell me something I don’t know.
This will continue as long as roshei yeshiva keep teaching their bochrim that:
1) Goyim (which includes Jews that are not part of their community) are treif;
2) Goyim are stupid;
3) Goyim are anti-semites; and
4) B’nei Torah aren’t bound by the laws of the land.