Dwek Case: the appeal of Mordechai Fish rejected

Philadelphia Court rejected yesterday (Wednesday) the appeal filed by attorney Mordechai Fish, and sentenced him to four years in prison - AP agency reported.

Rabbi Mordechai Fish, a rabbi Congregation Shevet Achim, Brooklyn, was charged with laundering money for Dwek and worked in partnership with Label Schwartz, also a rabbi in Brooklyn. Fish laundered approximately -585 000 dollars, after taking a fee of 15% per transaction.

The advice of his lawyer Fish admitted guilt plea bargain and was sentenced to four years in prison. His lawyer appealed to the Court of Appeal and appealed the ruling, arguing that his client did not use a sophisticated but something amateurish.

The court yesterday rejected the appeal of Fish and he will fulfill the punishment.

How did the money laundering operate?

This is how funds were laundered, according to Dwek: Gemachim and shlichim transfer money transactions to Fish , were Benjamin Shapiro , who ran his business in a bakery in Brooklyn. Shapiro received cash from Levi Deutsch and supplied them to Fish for his money laundering transactions. Shapiro charged with supplying $ 200,000 in cash.

July Gartner , who served as a messenger for Fish's money , is accused of transferring 185,000 in cash. David Goldhirsch, courier for Fish's money, charged with moving $ 100,000 in cash. Abe Pollack and Naphtali Weber ran a business partnership funds for Fish office in Brooklyn and charged with supplying $ 125,000 in cash.

Levi Deutsch, an Israeli source, was also a source of cash for some of the money laundering transactions for Fish. For a commission of 2 or 3 percent, provided cash transactions through a broker.

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