is estimated that currently there are about 270,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel. A quarter of surviving in extreme poverty. They can not afford to buy medicines, lack of adequate medical care and it seems that even they had been denied their dignity.
Original title: Paying For Justice
Nationality: Israel
Genre: Society / Politics
Length: 55m
Year: 2007
moral Rating: No Rec Children 9 years
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plight: Jews Jews steal from Holocaust victims.
mercredi, novembre 10, 2010
Uncover plot that defrauded millions of dollars to Holocaust victims
New York, Nov. 9 (EFE) .- A plot related to the theft of more than $ 42 million that were aimed at provide aid to victims of the Holocaust was disbanded and 17 people were indicted by the fraud, prosecutors said Wednesday the United States in a statement.
The research, conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI, for its acronym in English) revealed that six workers of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, based in New York, processed thousands of fraudulent requests for receive targeted aid to the victims of Nazi extermination.
The Conference, a nonprofit organization, administers various foundations that provide compensation to Holocaust victims, including The Hardship Fund and The Article 2 Fund, financed by the German government.
"If there was any reason that could be expected to be immune to greed and criminal fraud, that was the Conference, which every day helps thousands of seniors and people with financial problems who suffered Nazi persecution," he said today Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara. As revealed
Attorney for almost a decade more than 5,500 workers approved fraudulent applications of people who had not experienced the Holocaust and instead stayed with a part of the aid offered by the Conference.
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