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Moshe Tsitsaushivili, 41, a skilled diamond cutter who had spent several years in Israel and Australia, was arrested last week after trying to cross the U.S.-Canadian border into Buffalo and taken back to Westchester to face justice, Westchester County police spokesman Kieran O'Leary said.
He is due in Westchester County Court on Oct. 1.
He was wanted in Westchester on a grand-larceny warrant accusing him of scamming a Yorktown jeweler in late 1989. He allegedly committed similar crimes in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio before the Yorktown heist, and police in all those states also have warrants for his arrest.
His tactic was to tell jewelers that he had recently arrived in this country from Israel. He offered to work for little or no pay for a few days on a trial basis to demonstrate his skills, according to security officials in the jewelry industry, O'Leary said.
"Because of his skills he would quickly impress the jewelers with his ability," O'Leary said. "After a few hours, he would go out for lunch - and never return. The jewelers would then discover they were missing some of their diamonds."
Tsitsaushivili, originally from Georgia in the former Soviet Union, had been living in Queens at the time of the Yorktown crime. He became a fugitive in 1990. He left Israel for Canada in July and lived in Toronto before trying to re-enter the United States using a forged Israeli passport last week, O'Leary said.
Westchester detectives were alerted Wednesday and went to the Erie County Detention Center to take custody of him. He is being held without bail at the Westchester County jail on a felony third-degree grand larceny charge. Federal authorities also have a detainer warrant for his arrest, O'Leary said.
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Sep 22, 2008 at 09:25 PM lebediger Says:
suf ganev litliya
he can send in a aplication to laasirim to get help in jail
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Sep 22, 2008 at 09:46 PM Joseph Says:
Does he get accepted into the Yeshiva of Otisville for this type of crime?
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Sep 22, 2008 at 09:59 PM gabby Says:
stop laughing and doven for a yishuv daas and help from hashem ....
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Sep 22, 2008 at 09:57 PM FinVeeNemtMenSeichel Says:
Joseph ive noticed you don't miss a chance to bash the klal as a whole. get a life. this is one bad guy. congratulations on being perfect; not everyone can be the same as you.
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Sep 22, 2008 at 09:56 PM ex frummie Says:
Honestly -if he was frum would you have written his full name ?
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Sep 22, 2008 at 10:27 PM letz! Says:
poor guy - lol
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Sep 22, 2008 at 11:02 PM freeda Says:
what happened to INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY and why is it nesesary to mention his name before he is found guilty? Isnt this out right loshin hora?
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Sep 22, 2008 at 11:02 PM Joseph Says:
I don't consider liars and thieves sitting in Club Fed "bashing the klal as a whole". If that's what you think, I'd hate to be involved in your "klal".
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Sep 23, 2008 at 05:22 AM Anonymousyossel Says:
he is innocent? maybe
why is he using a false passport?
in all cases they claim he robbed why did he say where he is from?
he for sure wants to do tsuvah and return to all the store tha money that was the reason he came to the states?
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Sep 23, 2008 at 02:16 AM Anonymous Says:
After 18 yrs they still wanted to get him. They should do it for sexual offenders too... What is statute of limitations for anyway?
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Sep 23, 2008 at 01:52 AM Realist Says:
Though I usually vehemently disagree with Ex-frummie, I have to agree with him this time.
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Sep 23, 2008 at 06:42 AM Moishe Zichmach Says:
HOW did they nab him? What gave him away? Are the Americans trained on identifying forged israeli passports?
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Sep 23, 2008 at 08:10 AM Lock & Load Says:
The sad part of this is, at the time in 1990 if he would have givin himself up he would have had to pay a minor fine and 1 1/2 years in Jail...
Now the past 18 years he was on the run Living worried when and if they will catch him and got caught...
Now he will pay and be in Prison for about 1 1/2 years
This for $35,000.00
How Silly
Lock & Load
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Sep 23, 2008 at 08:30 AM Enough Says:
To L & L,
If you would have carefully read the article, you would realize that its far more than $35,000. He is wanted in several other states for other theft charges. Stupid guy!
OK, so now we B"H have one writer stating the loshon hara angle. I'm waiting for the M'Kamcha Yisroel lady to write. I'm sure you can fit this in somewhere. Please dont disappoint me!
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Sep 23, 2008 at 09:12 AM Homey Says:
Finvee
What kind of idiot are you that your sticking up for this dirtbag? I hope someone rips YOU off and you then say "well no one is perfect!"
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Sep 23, 2008 at 09:36 AM Letz Says:
He was a skilled diamond cutter. Me Ke'amcha Yisroel!
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Sep 23, 2008 at 09:58 AM formely Says:
wow, how come nobody is making silly excuses and say must be antisemitic, or saying and like Freeda
says and ex frummie says. Why only when the accused is a frummie. I do not get it, are their different halachoes if the person is frum and the person isn't? Why publish his name maybe he has children of marrying age.
At least the some of us are consistent whether the accused is frum or not
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Sep 23, 2008 at 11:16 AM FinVeeNemtMenSeichel Says:
joseph you know what you are? a cliche - that's what. you bore me, frankly.
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Sep 23, 2008 at 10:44 AM Joseph Says:
Formerly said: Why only when the accused is a frummie. I do not get it, are their different halachoes if the person is frum and the person isn't?
It's really very simple: If you keep the halachos, then the halachos apply to you. If not, you're no different than anyone on the street. Think of it as a club: If you're a member, then you get the rules and perks. If you're not, you don't.
The Torah isn't something for you to use for your convenience when it's good for you.
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Sep 23, 2008 at 11:27 AM Anon Says:
Since this man is not guily yet, it is usser to talk loshon hora on him. (even when he is guilty it is always usser to talk loshon hora when the talk has no purpose, check out chofetz chaim 7 tenuim when you could talk loshon hora)
and to all self hating jews: why dont you find a different site to post your comments?? this is ridiculous an orthodox site and all you see is jews hating jews??? Rosh Hoshana is next week. PLEASE STOP THIS, its getting awful
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Sep 23, 2008 at 12:21 PM formely Says:
the issue of loshan hora and all the other stuff is on the person who is saying it, writing it. loshan hora to speak bad about a Jew, applies
whether the Jew is religious or not. The usser is on the speaker.
As far if someone is a self hating Jew it all depends how one looks at things. Many could accuse the heridim who are against Israel and or Zionism as self hating Jews too.
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Sep 23, 2008 at 01:00 PM Joseph Says:
Formerly, you are incorrect. If the one spoken about is not "Oseh Ma'aseh Amcha", then Loshon Hora doesn't apply to him and it's not forbidden for the speaker to say it.
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Sep 23, 2008 at 03:16 PM formely Says:
not sure what this means
"Oseh Ma'aseh Amcha"
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Sep 23, 2008 at 03:59 PM BMG_KTLR Says:
Please let the justice system work. Do not say unkind words.
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Sep 23, 2008 at 04:14 PM LukshinHora Says:
Maybe he robbed Pinchus to pay Pinenah.
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Sep 23, 2008 at 04:12 PM LukshinHora Says:
Lets wait until all the facts come out. Maybe he has a good reason to be a big gonniff.
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Sep 23, 2008 at 11:06 PM ex frummie Says:
Joseph- Thats hypocritical and completely retarded-who are you to judge whos keamcha ? is the (hypothetical) guy ripping off millions of dollars considered keamcha because he wears a black hat?
(Obviously my issue is not with the lashon hara but with the hypocrisy in applying the din of lashon hara only to certain hat wearers)
................Why i even bother to reason with a self delusional moron is beyond me but whatever
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Sep 24, 2008 at 08:12 AM simcha Says:
these comments are more interesting than the original story!!!