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| Alex Lichtenstein bailing out from Federal Court, courtesy NY Post |
Every time an orthodox Jew commits a crime or an alleged crime, we call it a chilul Hashem. In this story, we learn that Alex Lichtenstein, a leader of the Boro Park Shomrim protection society, got arrested by the Feds for bribing cops to issue gun permits for his clients that he allegedly charged up to $18,000.00. See article in NY Post...http://nypost.com/2016/04/18/shomrim-leader-busted-amid-nypd-corruption-probe/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow
According to the Feds, he is facing up to 15 years in jail. See story here..https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/brooklyn-man-arrested-bribery-connection-nypd-issued-gun-licenses.
What was this guy thinking, that he would never got caught? Actually, Talmud Yoma goes into the psychology of the human brain and people who commit errors and sins tend to rationalize that it is legitimate so in his brain he thought he was just making a business and making good money. Now whatever he made out of this story he will lose it if it he did not already spend it.
What about the 150 guys he allegedly helped get gun permits? Will they be arrested too? Will they be testifying of Lichtenstein goes to trial? Why was this case brought to the feds? Is it because you are dealing with Federal Alcohol , Tobacco and Firearms? When the feds get involved, they are like pit bulls that don't release their jaw bite till there is an indictment or conviction.
This guy looks like another shvitzer who crossed the line. Is this story related to the other two shvitzers, Reichberg and Rechnitz in the Mayoral campaign funding scandal? Here we find another guy trying to corrupt the police department. Was it the same police? Is this what the Jews were doing in Europe too before the holocaust? You seem to wonder as history repeats itself and then Hashem sends us a reality check where we learn that when we get too cozy with the goyim, it backfires. It is like the Esther and Mordechai story all over again. Jews get power, we get corrupted, G-d sends a Haman to destroy us aka Hitler, Yemach Shemo and then we do Teshuva and are spared.
Where is the coordination amongst the Orthodox Rabbis to stop this reckless behavior?
Mr. Lichtenstein was definitely humbled and got a reality check when he was brought to Federal Court. I went through same humbling experience.
If he goes to trial and loses, he will get hammered. If he takes a plea and takes down other big fish like senior police officers who helped him obtain gun permits, then he may get a 5K1 cooperation letter and could even end up with probation. It is too early to tell right now. The problem with this guy is that he bragged about his connections. The Government does not like to hear that because it undermines respect for the people in power and the rule of law. If he ends up in jail, he would fit in at the Satellite camp in Otisville, although BOP may consider this a violent crime due to the involvement with guns and then they would send him to a low. At least in Otisville, he would have nice Sabbath meals unlike the other places of hell.
To learn more about prison life, go here..http://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG
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