Immigration Fraud and it's consequences

 Today at 11:51 AMdavidlangner Says:

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“ i was there yesterday- a few points
the judge was thorough & brilliant
marcello defrauded 4 investors in total -only a sliver ( 500G) over 6 years was used for family expenses
marcello spent 8 months trying to correct the financial situation unsuccessfully
as even the prosecution pointed out " marcello accepted full responsibilty from the beginning "
GOOD PEOPLE CAN MAKE BAD MISTAKES
in the end there was rachamim bedin
yehi rotzon SHELO yishoma od! ”

Stanley Roy Root, Esq, o.b.m., used to say , "with every fortune there is a felony."
We Yidden have to be careful how we make the money and how we use it. Some of us love to flaunt it and that brings bad mazal to us. Just walk the streets of Boro Park. Some houses look like estates, minus the grass. We need to learn humility and there is a heavy price to pay when you make money fraudulently. Two Pasukim in the entire Tanach are relevant and I read this when I sat in MCC, New York, awaiting sentencing. One, where it says at Yirmiyahu 17:11, one who amasses wealth unjustly will lose it in half his life and in the end will be proved a fool and the other pasuk is in Koheles at 8:11, why do sinners commit crimes 100 times? because wheels of justice turn slowly and we get emboldened, thinking that we will never get caught. In the end, it hits us like a ton of bricks.If given the chance I will be more than happy to lecture to Frum Yidden about the dangers of doing fraud. Jail is a horrible place, away from your loved ones and you sit with some miserable and nasty people.

At the end of the day, after taking five thousand calls a month, writing letters for people night and day to US Immigration, , I get a five year sentence, sitting in jail for 1316 days. I write about it at

Today at 11:51 AM davidlangner Says: Report as Inappropriate Reply to #8 Hide Quote ruby Says: “ i was there yesterday- a few points the judge was thorough & brilliant marcello defrauded 4 investors in total -only a sliver ( 500G) over 6 years was used for family expenses marcello spent 8 months trying to correct the financial situation unsuccessfully as even the prosecution pointed out " marcello accepted full responsibilty from the beginning " GOOD PEOPLE CAN MAKE BAD MISTAKES in the end there was rachamim bedin yehi rotzon SHELO yishoma od! ” Stanley Roy Root, Esq, o.b.m., used to say , "with every fortune there is a felony." We Yidden have to be careful how we make the money and how we use it. Some of us love to flaunt it and that brings bad mazal to us. Just walk the streets of Boro Park. Some houses look like estates, minus the grass. We need to learn humility and there is a heavy price to pay when you make money fraudulently. Two Pasukim in the entire Tanach are relevant and I read this when I sat in MCC, New York, awaiting sentencing. One, where it says at Yirmiyahu 17:11, one who amasses wealth unjustly will lose it in half his life and in the end will be proved a fool and the other pasuk is in Koheles at 8:11, why do sinners commit crimes 100 times? because wheels of justice turn slowly and we get emboldened, thinking that we will never get caught. In the end, it hits us like a ton of bricks.If given the chance I will be more than happy to lecture to Frum Yidden about the dangers of doing fraud. Jail is a horrible place, away from your loved ones and you sit with some miserable and nasty people.