Spitzer probes World Jewish Congress

[emad]

Conal Walsh
Sunday February 20, 2005
The Observer

HSBC has been drawn into an inquiry by Eliot Spitzer, New York state's attorney-general, into allegations of financial mismanagement at the World Jewish Congress, the US-based lobbying group.

The high-profile prosecutor is expected to seek details about an account at one of HSBC's London branches that was allegedly used to channel questionable payments.

Spitzer is investigating claims that Rabbi Israel Singer, the WJC's chairman, diverted $1.2 million from the organisation's operating funds into a Swiss bank account in a series of transactions that were not revealed to colleagues. From there, the money travelled to the HSBC London account.

Singer strongly denies impropriety and insists that the transfers were legitimate and made with the intention of creating an employee pension plan. He has been cleared by an internal WJC investigation, although the world's foremost international Jewish advocacy group has been in tumult since the allegations emerged.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1418351,00.html

[mutus_frutex]

1. Just wait..

How long is it going to take until they start calling him "anti-semite"... :-P

[MAlibdem]

2. nice...

Feel big?

[mutus_frutex]

3. While the irony in my message was plain

I fail to see it in your message...

[Cooley Hurd]

4. I got it...

...and you're right. The RW will start calling Spitzer, who is a Jew, an anti-semite, especially Limbaugh (who uses this tactic frequently)...

[Renew Deal]

5. It would be interesting

considering he's a jew.

[iwantmycountryback]

7. Well Spitzer himself is Jewish

But they'll probably say it anyway.

[bemildred]

9. No, in that case it's "self-hating Jew". nt

[KittyWampus]

6. WJC Stands Up Against AIPAC. As A Whole WJC Are The Good Guys

This could be a smear job as retribution, in fact.

Ala UN Food For Oil Scandal which originally fingered Kofi Annan.

[KittyWampus]

8. Kick, cause this has me perplexed.

[TheWraith]

10. The headline is a bit deceptive.

From the article, it would appear that he's actually investigating someone accused of embezzling $1.2 million from the WJC, not the WJC themselves.

[rucky]

11. If the Rabbi was indeed stealing from a good cause...

wouldn't you want justice?