New York – The New York State Attorney General says the investigation into the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty scandal is not over yet.
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In an interview with The Jewish Week (http://bit.ly/1xAyqYV) Eric Schneiderman hinted that his office may be expanding its probe into the scandal, saying, “The investigation has not yet wrapped up.”
The scandal involving the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty resulted in the convictions of Met Council leaders who inflated insurance bills. The $9 million resulting from overpayments from over 20 years funded political leaders’ campaigns who assisted the Met Council win contracts to help the poor.
Schneiderman stated his office is looking into leads provided by the former CEO of the Met Council, William Rapfogel, who pleaded guilty to taking part in the scandal and was sentenced in July of this year to 3 1/3 to 10 years in prison.
A major unanswered question is if Rapfogel’s friend and political ally, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, might be implicated in the scandal. The two have been tied together for years as residents of the Lower East Side and for their involvement in real estate in the area.
Rapfogel’s wife, Judy Rapfogel, is also Silver’s longtime chief of staff.
Schneiderman said in the interview that he has been working with the board, who has been very helpful in assisting the DA’s office with finalizing the scandal and making sure that anyone providing donations to the organization will know their money is being used as it should be.
Information taken from the The Jewish Week
Greed is a terrible thing.
If there are more people involved, and I certainly hope not, but logic says it would be people in the inside; i.e. Board or staff. Trying to implicate an outside politician, no matter who it is, seems to be pretty ridiculous and Loshon Horo. It’s an insinuation without proof by the “Jewish Week.” Big surprise there (sarcasm).
Many more will be “going away” due to their stealing from poor Jews.
enuf loshon hora in here. why cant people just read an article without making their comments. one comment leads to another which leads to sinas chinam.
im sure most if not all the readers here have enough aveiros on our (yes i include myself) plates without having to add to it on someone elses cheshbone.
try and make believe it is aseres yemei teshuva all year long