| Of Duo Charged For
Advance Fee Loan Fraud One
Resists Providing Bank Info
Then Relents
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 9 – Yisroel Heber and
Yechiel Meshi-Zahav were
indicted, then arrested and
arraigned on April 9 before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. Inner
City Press was there in the
courtroom.
The
prosecutors say the duo ran
"an advance-fee loan fraud
scheme through which they
defrauded dozens of victims of
at least approximately $2
million." In court they
described unauthorized
withdrawals from loan
applicants' bank
accounts.
Meshi-Zahav
had retained counsel; Heber
was represented for the day by
the Federal Defender, who said
he did not want to give his
bank account information as it
might violate his Fifth
Amendment rights against
self-incrimination.
Judge
Kaplan said, Take time to talk
with your client, the
government can accommodate
him.
The meaning was
clear, and it was agreed the
information will be given.
The two
were ordered released on their
own signature for $100,000
personal recognizance bonds.
Downstairs, they were led
through the Magistrates Court
to sign.
Discovery is due on April 30,
with a conference set for May
29 at 11:30 am.
The case is
US v. Heber, et al, 24-cr-188
(Kaplan)
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