Comments on: $600,000 Check Written By NY Jewish Millionaire To Bnei Brak Rabbi Goes Missing; Blackmailer Arrested By Cops Posing As Hotel Waiters

By: Bob Squappstien

Bob Squappstien — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:08:03 +0000

@ladler: apushatayid simply meant that you should only give tzedaka in cash

By: wedo

wedo — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:55:33 +0000

Shouldn’t large sums be sent directly to the organization’s bank via wire transfer? In any case, if a check got ‘lost’, it’s more likely to be a case where the sender was not careful enough to insure the delivery/mailing. You’d blame the sender, not the recipient. In any case, if the check was cashed by someone other than the intended recipient, that would be more of a cause of indignation by the donor. Or, the check really did get lost and no one cashed it in or deposited it. So no loss there. Just put a stop on the check before a stranger gets a hold of it. The donor could get upset if the recipient didn’t use the funds properly. You see where this is going? I don’t get this story at all.

By: ladler

ladler — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:11:42 +0000

#7 – what is the lesson? Only give tzedaka in small amounts? Only give large amounts if you hand deliver the check to the Rosh Yeshiva/Executive Director and film the exchange, or better yet, deposit it directly into the organization’s bank account so it can’t get lost or forgotten?

By: apushatayid

apushatayid — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:02:54 +0000

Let this serve as a lesson to everyone contenplating writing 600k check to tzedaka.

By: lazerc

lazerc — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:38:15 +0000

Thanks for copying the story from Ynet, Your version is really the same but at least in a kosher newspaper/

By: yakov116

yakov116 — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:38:22 +0000

Taken from a comment on another site:
It is a simple story . The millionaire gave the money that the rav says he never received. The millionaire started making threats against the rav and attempted to collect the 600,000. He used the services of shady characters to make the threats and extortion attempts against the rav. The rav went to police , who had him play along, and meet with the extortioners at a hotel where they were arrested by undercover police dressed as wait staff . At the meeting there were recording devices that recorded the extortion demands against the rav.

By: Softwords

Softwords — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:56:07 +0000

To the Editor: Has the legitimacy of this article been verified? I agree with #1. There are a lot of inconsistencies in this article that lead me to believe that the whole thing may be bogus.

By: Tzvi Hirsh

Tzvi Hirsh — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:45:59 +0000

This is not suprising!

How easy it would be to take a check either from a desk or mailbox and cash it overseas or on the black market or money changing services.

Always confirm from the organization that it was received and ask for an official receipt

I made $500 donations years ago to truly worthwhile organizations by actually going to their offices and still I didn’t get a receipt in the mail or even a thank you
Who knows if someone also walked off with my checks as it seems in this case.

By: moishelast

moishelast — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:21:22 +0000

I dont thing one just hands a check of $600,000 before they check they are genuine!!!!

Weird story!!!!!!!

By: cherrybim

cherrybim — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:08:43 +0000

After reading this news account, I now know less about the story than I did before I read it.