Brooklyn, NY – Report: FBI Money Laundering Probe With Link To Charedi Police Buff Leads To Potentially Widespread NYPD Scandal

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    Wiretaps on Reichbergs phone led the feds to then-NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks and,, corrections union president Norman Seabrook, and 66PCt Community Affairs Officer Michael MiliciBrooklyn, NY – A high ranking NYPD official with close connections to the Jewish community has been placed on modified duty after refusing to answer questions from a grand jury. The grand jury investigation is linked to an FBI money laundering probe that involves several prominent members of the NYPD.

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    Community Affairs Officer Michael Milici of the 66th Precinct was called on Monday before a grand jury that was investigating whether police officers accepted gifts in exchange for favors, which is prohibited by the NYPD. After invoking his Fifth Amendment rights and refusing to testify, Milici was removed from active duty and stripped of his badge and gun as reported by The Daily News.

    Milici’s lawyer, Patrick Parrotta denied that his client had accepted any gifts.

    Numerous members of the NYPD have been called in for questioning, most of whom are said not to be targets of the investigation. Among those who have been questioned by the FBI are three deputy chiefs and the head of the Upper East Side’s 19th Precinct.

    Sources told the New York Post that the FBI launched an initial money laundering investigation that into a business deal involving NYPD chaplain and businessman Jeremy Reichberg, a prominent Jewish real estate developer and a third party that went sour, with large sums of money being lost. Wiretaps on the two businessmen’s phones showed close relationships with several high members of the NYPD including former Chief of Department Philip Banks III and Norman Seabrook, president of the New York City Correction Officer’s Benevolent Association, prompting the second investigation which targeted members of the NYPD.

    Both men also have close ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio and served on his inaugural committee.

    Sources said that NYPD officers may have received trips including paid vacations in exchange for doing favors for the two businessmen, including providing police escorts for Jewish funerals.

    The real estate developer reportedly paid for a portion of several trips made by Banks and Seabrook to various locations, according to sources. The four men also traveled to Israel together in 2014, with the real estate developer covering the cost of both men’s airfare and Seabrook’s hotel bill. Banks and Seabrook reciprocated with a $5,000 custom made Israeli backgammon set as a thank you gift.

    Neither Banks nor Reichberg could be reached for comment regarding the investigation. Seabrook said that there was no quid pro quo in reference to the 2014 Israel trip and that he had done nothing wrong.


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    7 years ago

    Here we go again…..

    7 years ago

    Common practice in Ramapo also. St. Lawrence had an all paid trip to several foreign countries to “study” how the Chasidim live.

    ChareidiMan
    ChareidiMan
    7 years ago

    OMG it was just a matter of time before all this happens.

    before you label me “a self hating Jew”, keep in mind that I love my fellow Jews, but it is disgusting to see how some in our community just all over these “officials” almost like slaves and little children.
    remember, none of these guys love you, they are there for you as long as they get something in return. It is well known that a lot of the NYPD and other officials are invited to houses of Jewish houses to drink and party, and it is so disgusting. These people laugh at you when they leave your house.

    Lets stop this nonsense and STOP TRUSTING ANYONE!

    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    7 years ago

    who is the real estate developer that paid for this? was it the same ones that took de bozo to Israel last year?

    BuckyinWisconsin
    BuckyinWisconsin
    7 years ago

    Lovely…more Hasidic shenanigans. Anther Chillul Hashem in the making Cv’s. If people were educated properly to make an honest living, you would not see this as much.

    OscarMadison
    OscarMadison
    7 years ago

    Shanda of the day!

    RocklandRes
    RocklandRes
    7 years ago

    A five thousand dollar backgammon set. Betcha it’s a really nice one.

    thegreatone
    thegreatone
    7 years ago

    # 7 who ever you are. You are an opportunist trying to push your twisted agenda.

    A crook is a crook is a crook. Only an uneducated trouble maker would think that this has to do with not having a secular education.

    The list is endless of Harvard grads on Wall street who stole millions and billions.
    You should be ignored.

    savtat
    savtat
    7 years ago

    There are many ways to go off the derech.