Report: Lax Government Oversight May Have Enabled Met Council Scandal
JTA Lax government oversight may have enabled the scandal involving William Rapfogel, the former executive director of the Metropolitan Council for Jewish Poverty, according to The New York Times....
View ArticleJudy Rapfogel Questioned In Met Council Probe: Report
Staff Report The wife of ex-Met Council CEO William Rapfogel has been questioned regarding the hundreds of thousands of dollars that turned up in the couple's homes, reports said on Monday.read more
View ArticleMet Council Cleared By AG To Receive State Funding
JTA and Staff Report The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty will be able to continue receiving New York State funds in the wake of the scandal that has seen its former CEO charged with stealing...
View ArticleMet Council’s Rapfogel Pleads Guilty
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Admits to stealing $1 million in scheme; faces at least 3 ½ to 10 years; agrees to repay $3 million. In a soft voice, William Rapfogel, the disgraced former CEO of the Jewish...
View ArticleMet Council’s William Rapfogel Sentenced
JTA Former charity CEO faces 16 months to 10 years in prison and a $3 million fine. William Rapfogel, the former chief of New York’s Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, was sentenced to 3 1/3 to...
View ArticleSilver’s Arrest A 2nd Strike For N.Y. Orthodox Power Brokers
JTA To critics of Albany’s culture of political corruption, the sight of the powerful longtime speaker of New York’s State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, getting arrested Thursday may have been a sign that...
View ArticleTop Social Service Service Provider Abruptly Shuts Down
Hannah Dreyfus Staff Writer FEGS Health & Human Services is a long-time beneficiary of UJA-Federation of New York. Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that the Met...
View ArticleQuestions About UJA-Fed ‘Early Warning System’
Wed, 02/11/2015 Editorial With the community still grappling with the shocking news that FEGS (Federation Employment and Guidance Service), one of the largest Jewish nonprofits in the country, is going...
View ArticleRapfogel’s Fraud Partners Get Probation, Not Prison
Stewart Ain Insurance brokers involved in $9 million Met Council kickback scam lose their licenses, but avoid jail. Two of the insurance brokers involved in a $9 million kickback scheme at the...
View ArticleMet Council Insurance Broker Sentenced To 18 Months Plus Restitution
JTA Another co-conspirator in the scheme that stole approximately $9 million from New York’s Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty was sentenced to prison.read more
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