“ he is a discusting man for trying to do that didnt he know he was playing with fire thankfully chacham david was smart enough not to fall into this mans trap. ”

“ For playing with Maran Harav Ovadia, he deserves already death penalty! Maran should curse him! I can't understand how a Jew can reach so low! ”

“ For playing with Maran Harav Ovadia, he deserves already death penalty! Maran should curse him! I can't understand how a Jew can reach so low! ”

“ he did the same to Rabbi Kassin -- he came to the Rabbi on Erev Yom Kippur (of all days of the year!!) and asked for mercy, rachmonus and after pleading and pleading he ensnared the rabbi. This was the one time only Rabbi Kassin ever did this avlah. A classc case of entapment.

And probaly alot of the other accused, did this once because they were pleaded to by Dwek.

But just wait until the Buuilding inspector from lakewood starts talking, he knows alot!! And he will not be inclined to "love" the jews after what Dwek did ... ”

“ lo zu haderech 2 b a mussor on your own brothers to make imgeliklech 11 heimishe yidden is unforgivable rather let yourself punish , and not make such a skotzerie deal to b a malshin 4 the malchus hayishoma kozaus they the gedolei hador should b machrim aza ausworf its unforgivable beemes its all minhashomayim nothing is a mikre we have 2 learn from this story to have more emuna ubitochen in hakoudesh borech hu , our forfather yaakov ovinu said to his sons lomo tisrou why does an urol nisht a yid have 2 see what you posses this is real hisgarus beumos, hakinee , vehatave, motziin es houodom min hoolam, this mousur had a terribble taave to steal money he had no bitochen at all , laun die he dragged in dozens of pepole , who knows if a nisht yid wouldnt retaliate ,? its domov beraushau, hashem yerachem the whole story plotz in the 9 days , we have 2 b misabbel on churban habayis , this is a real churban habayis to distroy so many pepole , oy gevald es iz do a boyreh olam yesh din veyesh dayan. ”

“ I love and respect hacham ovdaya shilta
Hashem himself will punish this evil and wicked man!! Ein lo halek!! ”

“ Rabossai, please understand that all you hear about who the Moser is from the media and FBI didn't even say who he he is and they just said someone who did such & such and Media is just speculating and no one with any authority has said who THE MOSER is and as such we are not allowed to believe it , (I am not saying that we should go and do business with him) and the truth is that if you know him it is very hard to believe he did that & besides who would go so low to commit such a grave crime even if he was not frum , so please keep your comments untill we are sure what exactly happened. ”

“ Hashem can always save us do not be a prosecutor of klal yisrael ”

“ Thats still 15 yidden who will go to jail...why do you think only 15 out of 100 is a good track record.
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“ This is not about anyone being a mere "prosecutor" against Drek.

If it was Yad Yisroel Takifa, then Shulchan Aruch says that one may be the Judge and Jury and executioner, all by himself when dealing with a Moser and indeed yidden have done this to the yiddishe Nazi Collaborators.

Certainly asking Hashem to do the job instead, when Yidden don't have the power to do so, is fully warranted.
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“ This just goes to show how low the FBI went. They weren't interested in catching criminals and just needed evidence, they sent him to innocent Rabbi's just so they can arrest Rabbi's. Yes, this is pure anti-semitism. The FBI is obviously incompetent. ”

“ are you people braindead? the point is not that dweck is now even more awful because he tried to get r' yosef in trouble- the point is that r' yosef is a true godol who doesn't take ethical shortcuts, unlike those who got arrested. is dweck a scumbag out to save his own skin? absolutely. but those who dealt with him are just as guilty... ”

“ "claiming he had nothing to eat and that the rabbi was obligated to save him. " horrible horrible. playing on Rabbis kind hearts. erev Yom Kippur.....

This man needs alot of teshuva..... maybe he will get kaparo, but not in this world, if every.... ”

“ i don't undestand. rabbi dwek was accused of defrauding PNC bank out of 25 mil in 2006 and then was he wearing a wire recording for the FBI? does that mean the FBI was willing to forgo the accusations if dwek was willing to become - in effect - an agent for them? (is that what happened here? i really am not understanding this case, someone please explain.) ”

“ The best way to learn to resist such sums of money is to have tons of it. Thank God 25,000 wouldn't change anything in Rabbi David Yosef's life anyways. ”

“ Look at the low level we've reached:
"Rabbi David Yosef, the son of Shas party spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, resisted a bribe offered".
This is a newsworthy item? That a Rav resisted a bribe? ”

“ From the DOJ Criminal Resources Manual:

Entrapment is a complete defense to a criminal charge, on the theory that "Government agents may not originate a criminal design, implant in an innocent person's mind the disposition to commit a criminal act, and then induce commission of the crime so that the Government may prosecute." Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540, 548 (1992). A valid entrapment defense has two related elements: (1) government inducement of the crime, and (2) the defendant's lack of predisposition to engage in the criminal conduct. Mathews v. United States, 485 U.S. 58, 63 (1988). Of the two elements, predisposition is by far the more important.

Inducement is the threshold issue in the entrapment defense. Mere solicitation to commit a crime is not inducement. Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435, 451 (1932). Nor does the government's use of artifice, stratagem, pretense, or deceit establish inducement. Id. at 441. Rather, inducement requires a showing of at least persuasion or mild coercion, United States v. Nations, 764 F.2d 1073, 1080 (5th Cir. 1985); pleas based on need, sympathy, or friendship, ibid.; or extraordinary promises of the sort "that would blind the ordinary person to his legal duties," United States v. Evans, 924 F.2d 714, 717 (7th Cir. 1991). See also United States v. Kelly, 748 F.2d 691, 698 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (inducement shown only if government's behavior was such that "a law-abiding citizen's will to obey the law could have been overborne"); United States v. Johnson, 872 F.2d 612, 620 (5th Cir. 1989) (inducement shown if government created "a substantial risk that an offense would be committed by a person other than one ready to commit it").

Even if inducement has been shown, a finding of predisposition is fatal to an entrapment defense. The predisposition inquiry focuses upon whether the defendant "was an unwary innocent or, instead, an unwary criminal who readily availed himself of the opportunity to perpetrate the crime." Mathews, 485 U.S. at 63. Thus, predisposition should not be confused with intent or mens rea: a person may have the requisite intent to commit the crime, yet be entrapped. Also, predisposition may exist even in the absence of prior criminal involvement: "the ready commission of the criminal act," such as where a defendant promptly accepts an undercover agent's offer of an opportunity to buy or sell drugs, may itself establish predisposition. Jacobson, 503 U.S. at 550.


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“ Its probably good that Yosef did not get caught up in this matter....the U.S. would have a difficult time extraditing him from EY to NJ. Its surprising that the FBI would try to entrap Yosef since he does notinter have a reputation as a high living financial manipulator and has actuall published several sephorim about his father's halachic holdings. ”

“ Look at the low level we've reached:
"Rabbi David Yosef, the son of Shas party spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, resisted a bribe offered".
This is a newsworthy item? That a Rav resisted a bribe? ”

“ From the DOJ Criminal Resources Manual:

Entrapment is a complete defense to a criminal charge, on the theory that "Government agents may not originate a criminal design, implant in an innocent person's mind the disposition to commit a criminal act, and then induce commission of the crime so that the Government may prosecute." Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540, 548 (1992). A valid entrapment defense has two related elements: (1) government inducement of the crime, and (2) the defendant's lack of predisposition to engage in the criminal conduct. Mathews v. United States, 485 U.S. 58, 63 (1988). Of the two elements, predisposition is by far the more important.

Inducement is the threshold issue in the entrapment defense. Mere solicitation to commit a crime is not inducement. Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435, 451 (1932). Nor does the government's use of artifice, stratagem, pretense, or deceit establish inducement. Id. at 441. Rather, inducement requires a showing of at least persuasion or mild coercion, United States v. Nations, 764 F.2d 1073, 1080 (5th Cir. 1985); pleas based on need, sympathy, or friendship, ibid.; or extraordinary promises of the sort "that would blind the ordinary person to his legal duties," United States v. Evans, 924 F.2d 714, 717 (7th Cir. 1991). See also United States v. Kelly, 748 F.2d 691, 698 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (inducement shown only if government's behavior was such that "a law-abiding citizen's will to obey the law could have been overborne"); United States v. Johnson, 872 F.2d 612, 620 (5th Cir. 1989) (inducement shown if government created "a substantial risk that an offense would be committed by a person other than one ready to commit it").

Even if inducement has been shown, a finding of predisposition is fatal to an entrapment defense. The predisposition inquiry focuses upon whether the defendant "was an unwary innocent or, instead, an unwary criminal who readily availed himself of the opportunity to perpetrate the crime." Mathews, 485 U.S. at 63. Thus, predisposition should not be confused with intent or mens rea: a person may have the requisite intent to commit the crime, yet be entrapped. Also, predisposition may exist even in the absence of prior criminal involvement: "the ready commission of the criminal act," such as where a defendant promptly accepts an undercover agent's offer of an opportunity to buy or sell drugs, may itself establish predisposition. Jacobson, 503 U.S. at 550.


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“ Look at the low level we've reached:
"Rabbi David Yosef, the son of Shas party spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, resisted a bribe offered".
This is a newsworthy item? That a Rav resisted a bribe? ”

“ You think the feds did not know this when they started the process? Ignorance does not put someone above the law. All these Rabbis knew that what they are doing is wrong, but greed blinded them. ”

“ Look at the low level we've reached:
"Rabbi David Yosef, the son of Shas party spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, resisted a bribe offered".
This is a newsworthy item? That a Rav resisted a bribe? ”

“ he is a discusting man for trying to do that didnt he know he was playing with fire thankfully chacham david was smart enough not to fall into this mans trap. ”

“ From the DOJ Criminal Resources Manual:

Entrapment is a complete defense to a criminal charge, on the theory that "Government agents may not originate a criminal design, implant in an innocent person's mind the disposition to commit a criminal act, and then induce commission of the crime so that the Government may prosecute." Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540, 548 (1992). A valid entrapment defense has two related elements: (1) government inducement of the crime, and (2) the defendant's lack of predisposition to engage in the criminal conduct. Mathews v. United States, 485 U.S. 58, 63 (1988). Of the two elements, predisposition is by far the more important.

Inducement is the threshold issue in the entrapment defense. Mere solicitation to commit a crime is not inducement. Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435, 451 (1932). Nor does the government's use of artifice, stratagem, pretense, or deceit establish inducement. Id. at 441. Rather, inducement requires a showing of at least persuasion or mild coercion, United States v. Nations, 764 F.2d 1073, 1080 (5th Cir. 1985); pleas based on need, sympathy, or friendship, ibid.; or extraordinary promises of the sort "that would blind the ordinary person to his legal duties," United States v. Evans, 924 F.2d 714, 717 (7th Cir. 1991). See also United States v. Kelly, 748 F.2d 691, 698 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (inducement shown only if government's behavior was such that "a law-abiding citizen's will to obey the law could have been overborne"); United States v. Johnson, 872 F.2d 612, 620 (5th Cir. 1989) (inducement shown if government created "a substantial risk that an offense would be committed by a person other than one ready to commit it").

Even if inducement has been shown, a finding of predisposition is fatal to an entrapment defense. The predisposition inquiry focuses upon whether the defendant "was an unwary innocent or, instead, an unwary criminal who readily availed himself of the opportunity to perpetrate the crime." Mathews, 485 U.S. at 63. Thus, predisposition should not be confused with intent or mens rea: a person may have the requisite intent to commit the crime, yet be entrapped. Also, predisposition may exist even in the absence of prior criminal involvement: "the ready commission of the criminal act," such as where a defendant promptly accepts an undercover agent's offer of an opportunity to buy or sell drugs, may itself establish predisposition. Jacobson, 503 U.S. at 550.


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“ At the end of the day, when we get past the sensational tapes and the FBI has to disclose everything, I bet that all the taped conversations will start with Drek saying that it is a mitzva to help him, he is starving etc.

Granted it doesn't make it right but the people that broke the law to help him were suckered in because he came crying and pleading that they help his starving kids. ”

“ are you people braindead? the point is not that dweck is now even more awful because he tried to get r' yosef in trouble- the point is that r' yosef is a true godol who doesn't take ethical shortcuts, unlike those who got arrested. is dweck a scumbag out to save his own skin? absolutely. but those who dealt with him are just as guilty... ”