Post by Scumhunter on Aug 5, 2016 0:37:37 GMT -5
(Above: Aryeh Greenes Photo Credit: FBI.Gov)
Fugitive Profile for Aryeh Greenes as of August 5th, 2016: (Based on fbi.gov wanted poster)
Alias: Aryeh Leon Greenes
Date(s) of Birth Used: June 13, 1955
Place of Birth: New York, New York
Hair: Gray
Eyes: Brown
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 250 pounds
Build: Heavy
Sex: Male
Race: White
Occupation: Rabbi
Nationality: American
Languages: English, Hebrew
Remarks: Greenes is believed to have fled to Israel
(Above: Aviv Mizrahi Photo Credits: FBI.gov)
Fugitive Profile for Aviv Mizrahi as of August 5th, 2016: (Based on FBI.Gov wanted poster)
Alias: Aviv Shoham Schwartz
Date(s) of Birth Used: April 3, 1960, March 4, 1960
Place of Birth: Israel
Hair: Brown (graying)
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170 pounds
Build: Medium
Sex: Male
Race: White
Occupation: Mizrahi is formerly an electronics wholesaler and may currently manage a Jewish religious center.
Nationality: Israeli
Languages English, Hebrew
Remarks: Mizrahi has dual citizenship in Israel and the United States. He may travel to Mexico or Israel.
From the FBI's website:
Aryeh Greenes, along with his co-defendant, Aviv Mizrahi (aka Aviv Shoham Schwartz), are wanted for their alleged involvement in defrauding financial institutions of $33 million in California, and elsewhere, from February 2004 to June 2008.
Greenes was the Chief Financial Officer of several of Mizrahi's electronic wholesaling businesses, in which he allegedly held millions in receivables and assets. Financial institutions entered into loan agreements with these companies because the companies granted a security interest in their inventory and accounts receivables. Greenes and Mizrahi allegedly submitted fraudulent documents to lending institutions to obtain or increase loans - including accounts receivable summaries, tax returns, borrowing base certificates and financial statements. Greenes allegedly made false statements to obtain loans or increase existing loans for the companies, including displaying inflated company assets, sales, and accounts receivable information which he knew were significantly less than the amounts represented on documents submitted to the financial institutions. Most of the purported inventory and accounts receivables of Mizrahi's companies did not exist and some of the accounts payable were non-existent. The companies' inventory was auctioned off, but the proceeds only resolved or repaid a small amount of the loans.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for Greenes in the United States District Court, Central District of California, on January 30, 2014, after he was charged with bank fraud, false statements to a federally insured financial institution, aiding and abetting, and causing an act to be done.
www.fbi.gov/wanted/wcc/aryeh-greenes
www.fbi.gov/wanted/wcc/aviv-mizrahi
Thoughts? I want to stress when it comes to cases like this not to judge an entire religion because of one or two alleged scumbags. But the fact that Greenes was supposedly a Rabbi does make his alleged deception even more disheartening.
Mizrahi at least has dual citizenship so for him at least extradition would be very difficult unless tried in Israel. I guess the same goes for Greenes too depending on his citizenship status. All we can do is hope there's some sort of resolution eventually in this case.
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