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Pinto (Source: Wikimedia Commons)Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, a rabbi with ties to the FBI investigation into Congressman Michael Grimm’s 2010 campaign fundraising [/fbi-continues-probe-on-congressman-michael-grimms-finances/], is going to be indicted in Israel for attempting to bribe officials, looting a charity and other charges, according to Haaretz [http://www.haaretz.com/news/
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Representative Michael Grimm (Source: Facebook)Representative Michael Grimm is no stranger to bad press and controversy, so it might come as no surprise to anyone that he has again landed on the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) list of most corrupt members of Congress. In their newest
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Ofer Biton, an Israeli man who may have illegally raised $500,000 for Michael Grimm’s congressional campaign in 2010 [/fbi-continues-probe-on-congressman-michael-grimms-finances/], pleaded guilty to visa fraud in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/associate-rep-grimm-pleads-guilty-visa-fraud-article-1.1429304] that as part
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ChulpayevIt seems like Mani Chulpayev is doing everything he can to make sure someone in Hollywood makes a movie about his life. The Russian gangster from Brighton Beach, famous for being an FBI turncoat and allegedly ordering the murder of rapper Lil’ Phat [/russian-gangster-arrested-in-murder-of-rapper-lil-phat/], is making waves again. According to
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We reported [/another-medicare-fraud-scheme-caught-in-the-act/] on a sighting of Medicare investigators executing a search warrant on a local medical office on Thursday, and it turns out that the investigation is connected to a large scale fraud bust that took place all over the country. Nine people were charged with conspiring to defraud
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Rep. Michael Grimm (from house.gov)Reports confirm that the FBI is still investigating Congressman Michael Grimm for alleged improprieties during his 2010 campaign fundraising. The FBI has been talking to former staff members and volunteers who worked on Grimm’s campaign and asking about the funds, according to Politicker
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A tweet yesterday by the Politicker’s Colin Campbell [http://twitter.com/#!/BKcolin/status/174916329151795200] brought our attention to an additional Rep. Michael Grimm headline that made the DCCC website’s now-infamous Grimm page [http://dccc.org/blog/entry/grimm_update/]. It seems that prior to becoming a Congressman – and
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From the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/03/bronx-state-sen-gustavo-rivera-to-unload-carl-kruger-donations] : > Freshman Bronx state Sen. Gustavo Rivera – who ran on an anti-corruption platform when he defeated scandal-scarred Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. last year – has become the first legislator to announce he’s returning giving away donations from