A Jerusalem police spokesman reported on Wednesday that a 29-year-old suspect is in custody, a man who appears to have purchased himself a Porsche with money he embezzled from thousands of unsuspecting people wishing to travel to Uman for Rosh Hashanah.
The luxury vehicle was confiscated, and it will be sold to help authorities payback some of the victims.
Police report the man in custody is one of a number of suspects involved, apparently the main suspect, and bought a vehicle in Israel with a price tag over NIS 400,000.
The money he collected from travelers seeking to go to the tziyun of Rav Nachman ZT”L was channeled via a travel agency abroad, a fake company set up to launder the money.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem/Photo & Video Credit: Israel Police Spokesman Unit)
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i am surprised that those osaik in the mitzvah de’oraysah of leaving eretz yisroel to be oleh regel to Uman did not merit protection from the Aibishter. ich denke az min ken fon dos epess learnen.
did he have a na-na- nach… bumper sticker on the car?
You mean they will be forced to stay in ISRAEL, with their FAMILIES, for Rosh Hashana??–gee, how tough.
Sure, did anyone here think that the immature thief would have used the money to buy a Toyota Corolla? He is the type that lives day to day, today he has his “winnings” and will eat fancy rib steak, tomorrow he won’t have money for a slice of bread. He also didn’t figure that the Porsche gets unbelievably low gas mileage, for a country that charges close to $9.00 USD per gallon for gasoline. Tomorrow he’ll be begging for money for an Egged bus ticket.
What does it matter on what he spent the money? Had he bought a Kia or Hyundai, would that he any better?
What can’t we all be Dan lekav zechus just like we would do by a suspected child abuser,kidnapper,Ponzi schemer,section 8 abuser etc..