Divorce coercion defendant sentenced to four years
One of 10 defendants charged with a role in a scheme to strongarm a religious divorce out of a reluctant Jewish husband is sentenced to 48 months in prison.
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Prominent Jewish Rabbi Pleads Guilty in Federal Extortion Case
A prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbi admits to conspiring to travel to New Jersey to coerce a Jewish man to give his wife a religious divorce. Rabbi Martin Wolmark of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Monsey, NY, plead guilty Wednesday, January 14 in Trenton federal court to conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce to commit extortion along with six co-conspirators...