ANATOMY OF A
BANKRUPTCY FRAUD
A Case Study And Expose'
"Not
For Profit" Religious
Cult Hijacks Bankruptcy Courts..."For Profit!"
A
"Faith Based" Fraud
This case
epitomizes the
scandalous abuse of our bankruptcy courts where the
unscrupulous, and the extremely wealthy have
hijacked a system that was intended to provide a "fresh
start" for those who are deserving of
a second
chance. Bankruptcy
fraud is especially
repugnant when
perpetrated by "faith based" organizations that are charged
with
exemplifying
the moral and ethical convictions of our communities.
Masquerading in
the garments of the righteous, they have
found sanctuary and a bully pulpit in our federal courts. They use
their superior organizational wealth, predatory stealth, and non-profit
status to vanquish their victims, senior citizens, and those who
would stand up to them as they violate every sacred covenant they
profess to represent. Their immoral and unethical assaults on "small
businesses," "mom &
pops," and "Outsiders" are an
affront to common decency and are exacerbated by their masterful
manipulation of our
bankruptcy system. There is little that separates them from any other crime
syndicate!
These deep
pocketed "debtors" with time
and money
on their side, will utilize the
nuances of bankruptcy law, i.e. Distract,
Divert, Delay, Deny, Deplete, Default, to force their creditors
into their own bankruptcys, from which they will never recover. The
"debtors" thereby trample over the carcasses of their creditors
without a backward glance, as they move on to their next victim...all,
with the assistance of our courts, as they assure the destroyed
creditors left in their wake, that the process was served. The courts
themselves have
profited from this economic moebius, and have thus signaled their
commitment to prospestive deep poketed "debtors" that they will have a
friend in the court!
FBI
Director Robert Mueller Stated:
"Has it gotten that bad-that people believe such
deceptions and crimes are just the normal way of doing business?"
Paul J. McNulty (Deputy
Attorney General)
“Today we send a
clear
message to those
who
abuse, for their own criminal
financial gain, the bankruptcy system’s promise of a fresh start to
honest
Americans. A bankruptcy filing
is
often the last step of a series of criminal acts, including mortgage
fraud,
bank fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, and government program fraud.
Bankruptcy fraud is often the tip of the criminal iceberg, and that
makes these
prosecutions so important.” This case
has it all!!
Clifford J. White III,
(Director of the Executive
Office
of
U.S.
Trustees)
“Bankruptcy fraud must
not
be
tolerated, if our bankruptcy system is to serve
its purpose of helping the honest debtor in need of financial relief,
Operation Truth or Consequences highlights the commitment of
the Department of
Justice and our law enforcement partners to vigorously investigate and
prosecute
bankruptcy fraud wherever it occurs.”
Sanctions
against The Law Firm
of Backenroth,
Frankel, and Krinsky, LLP
and also against Jack Lefkowitz
(the culpable
parties) has been filed with the court:
UNITED STATES
BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
One Bowling Green, 7th FL, New York, NY 10004
Chief Judge Stuart M. Bernstein
"This case doesn't pass the smell test"
Case No. 04-16410
Filed
October 4, 2004; Ch 7 Case
No. 04-04545
Filed November 15, 2004; AP
Case No. 04-17525
Filed November 24, 2004;
Ch
11Case
No.
07-01937
Filed July 16, 2007;
APCase
No.
07-02052
Filed September 25, 2007;
APCase
No.
08-01265 Filed
June 16, 2008
, AP
THE PARTIES (UIB)
- Helen May
Holdings,
LLC (Creditor/Victim-Irene
Griffin) is a single member, New York Limited
Liability
Company with its
principal
place of
business located at 27 Maple Avenue, Jeffersonville, New York 12748.
- Mateh
Efraim (Debtor/Alter-Ego) a/k/a
Mateh Ephraim, LLC a/k/a Kolel Mateh Efraim, LLC is a New
York
State entity with its principal place of business located at 751
Second
Avenue, New York, New York 10017.
- Congregation Kolel Mateh
Efraim, (Debtor/Alter-Ego) a/k/a
Mateh Ephraim; a/k/a Kolel Mateh Efraim, LLC (tax ID #11-283963) is a
New York State Religious
Corporation (the
“Religious Corporation”) with a congregation at: 5608
13th Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY. A
search of this
address shows it to also be the residential
address for Irving Goldstein (UIB: the former President and owner of 47th Street Photo where he was indicted for
fraud and RICO.)
- Menachem Simon (Kolel Mateh Efraim) 5308 13th
Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11219
- Kolel Mateh
Efraim (Debtor/Alter-Ego) is
also listed at 1175
58TH ST Brooklyn, NY 11219-4526
(Value)
- Maskil
El-Dal, Inc.: (Insider
Creditor/Alter Ego) Is a tax-exempt
religious organization with an
address c/o Dov Wilhelm, 1424
43rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219-1651
- Jack
Lefkowitz: (Debtor/Alter-Ego)is
the
managing member of Kollel Mateh Efraim, LLC a/k/a Mateh
Ephraim,
LLC
a/k/a Kolel Mateh Efraim. He is also the
President of Kolel Mateh Efraim and a Trustee of Maskil
El Dal, Inc. and resides at: 1526
52nd Street,
Brooklyn, NY
11219. (Value)
- Abraham
Steinwurzel (Debtor/Alter-Ego) is
a trustee and rabbi of Kolel Mateh Efraim and resides
at 1264
56th
Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219
(Value)
- Backenroth,
Frankel & Krinsky, LLP are the attorneys of record for
the debtor/defendants.
- Heller,
Horowitz, and Feit, PC: A firm specializing in the defense of
white collar crimes. Retained July 2008 by Jack Lefkowitz
and Abraham Steinwurzel in defense of trustees' Adversarial Proceeding.
- Robert L. Geltzer:
With offices at 1556 Third Avenue New
York, NY 10128 has been appointed as a
chapter 7 Trustee.
- Robert
A Wolf:
Attorney with Sanders Squire, LLP, representing Trustee, Robert Geltzer
- Isaac Nutovic:
Attorney representing Kollel, Mateh, Efraim...The religious corporation
with offices at 488 Madison Avenue, NYC
This case deals with a conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud
by a wealthy real estate developer, Jack
Lefkowitz, a
Rabbi; Abraham C Steinwurzel,
their legal counsel, Backenroth,
Frankel
& Krinsky, LLP; (BFK) and other John &
Jane Doe
persons, known and unknown to creditor, Helen-May Holdings, LLC.
(HMH) Together, they have
conspired in the voluntary chapter 11
bankruptcy cases
listed above. A tax exempt religious corporation, Kolel Mateh Efraim,
(with Abraham C Steinwurzel as its trustee) and a
purposefully created shell corporation:
Mateh Ephraim, LLC; a/k/a Kollel,
Mateh
Efraim, LLC; (with Jack Lefkowitz as its managing member) entered
into a conspiracy to defraud a senior citizen
couple (creditor, HMH, Irene Griffin and husband, Paul Griffin) of
their life savings.
Together with selective funding from Maskil
El Dal,
Inc., a tax exempt corporation, incorporated
in the state of New
York,
with its headquarters in Jerusalem, Israel...this is yet another alter
ego of the debtor and of which he stated that he is a trustee. (Lacking
Attorney General approval as required by law,
a document transferring title of a property owned by a non-profit
corporation, Maskil
El Dal, Inc. of 1526 52nd
Street Brooklyn, NY was made to Bluma Lefkowitz, (his wife) of 1526
52nd Street,
Brooklyn,
NY .) Lefkowitz
and Steinwurzel have conspired to abuse
and manipulate the
bankruptcy system in
order to fraudulently occupy, and wrest ownership of the
creditor's
resort property. in the town of Cochecton, Sullivan County, New
York. During the four years of a bankruptcy stay, that
denied the creditor's, Paul & Irene Griffin access to their own
property, the debtor
continued to subvert the
course of the
proceedings, while managing to distract the court from the basic issues
of their bankruptcy. Their strategy has been one of legal
gamesmanship:
- Distract: from their fraudulent filings
and
schedules,
- Divert: with
extraneous issues and false
allegations
- Delay: through
adjournments, and convoluted process
- Deny:
creditor access to, or income
from their own property
- Deplete: creditor's resources and force them into
- Default: thus gaining ownership of the
property through
straw buyers
at a consequential foreclosure.
Their bankruptcy
filing was legally flawed from the very beginning, (so they filed
another! and another!) and amazingly, they still managed to distract
the court's
attention from any, and all of their
legal impediments. They filed under several
similar, but different corporate aliases in an attempt to confuse the
identity of the true debtor, and to shelter the tax exempt religious
corporation from breaches and violations. It is
important to understand
that by filing in the name of a non-existent entity, the debtor was
free to commit all manner of fraud with impunity since
it does not legally exist! The court was served with documentary
evidence of this in December of 2004, but chose to overlook this
fundamental fraud. At court
hearings they claimed not to have any money, while they
provisioned for,
and populated the resort property with "hundreds of paying guests!" Indeed,
in their first two months of occupancy, they reported taking in over
$300,000.00. Yet, the debtor's bankruptcy
schedules are wholly, and fraudulently vacuous.
However, bankruptcy fraud is rarely committed in a vacuum, and this
case is not lacking for conspirators. Most notably the debtor's legal
counsel of Backenroth, Frankel and Krinsky LLP has knowingly
and willingly conspired in this sanctionable
dance of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations. (RICO)
STUPID BANKRUPTCY
LAWYER TRICKS
Unauthorized
Settlement
Facing overwhelming evidence that the creditor's attorney was
not authorized to enter into a settlement, (including said attorney's
own affidavit, pleadings and depositions) the debtor nevertheless
mounted a vigorous, eighteen month frenzied campaign in an effort to
cram down a settlement that had never been confirmed. The
debtor
also filed for several adjournments during the Unauthorized Settlement
phase of their chapter 11 bankruptcy, thus delaying a decision, so that
the debtor could continue to occupy the property without paying for it.
Obviously,
this was a covertly conspired diversion that was very much
to the debtor's advantage.
At a hearing held on July 20,
2005 Gerald Orseck, attorney
purporting to represent the creditor, Helen-May Holding's,
LLC (Irene Griffin & husband, Paul Griffin) was conveniently,
and suspiciously "compromised"
when Orseck made
an unauthorized
settlement with debtor/alter ego, Kolel Mateh Efraim.
With due
deliberation and malice
of forethought, he had falsely advised his
own clients that
this hearing would be adjourned, and so The Griffins
were not present
in
court while he conducted his stealthy betrayal.
Also convenient, is the fact that the debtors and all of their
witnesses
were not likewise advised of any adjournment and so curiously, they were
all present
in court for this manipulation of due process. The transcript
demonstrates that although only scheduled for a
hearing on the issues
of adequate protection, and lifting the bankruptcy stay, the debtors
however,
seized
upon the opportunity presented by the absence of the creditor to
"cram-down" this covertly conspired settlement.
The debtors and their witnesses actively participated in
the proceedings while HMH (The Griffins) were denied reciprocity.
Subsequently, a trial
was held and the
court ruled that Gerald Orseck
"had lied" to his clients and to the court, and that he had, in fact
entered into an unauthorized settlement with the debtor. This distraction
from the
issues of the debtor's bankruptcy amounted to an
eighteen month diversion, followed by a further delay
with an appeal of the decision, and subsequent adjournments. All of this served
to deny The Griffins access to, or income from their property,
while depleting any
resources they might have had, and thus moving them nearer to a
default
on their mortgage debt. Obviously, the debtor's best interests were
well served, while the entire process was completely
avoidable! It has since been discovered that
Orseck has a history of not
representing his client's best interests,
and one can only wonder at the "quid pro quo" that took place between
Orseck, the debtors, and their attorneys, Backenroth, Frankle and
Krinsky, LLP. Subsequently, The Griffins gave
Orseck every opportunity to "correct his
mistake," however, that failing...he was
fired! Preceding his own pre-trial deposition,
Gerald Orseck had contacted the
principals of HMH and their attorneys, suggesting that they meet so
that they could "agree" on his
own testimony. He was immediately and flatly rebuffed.
During a
recess at his own deposition, Orseck actually approached the principals
of HMH (The Griffins), and asked them, how they would like for him to
testify! He
stated, "That's
why I wanted to get together with you." (Pangs of guilt or remorse for
an unauthorized settlement?) The answer was an emphatic: "just tell
the truth!" HMH (The Griffins) immediately discontinued any
further
conversation. As an officer of the court, Gerald Orseck failed to
recognize what
was patently obvious to HMH (The Griffins): that it was totally
"inappropriate" if
not outright illegal for him to approach his former clients
and current adversaries in such a manner. HMH (The Griffins) has filed
a complaint
against Gerald Orseck with the New York State
Bar
Association's Third Judicial District and Standards Of Professional
Conduct. The offense
having taken place on July 20, 2005, while to this date, August 8,
2009,
Gerald Orseck has yet to be held accountable for this gross breach of
his legal and ethical duty as an officer of the court. So much for the
legal profession policing its own!
Property
Denied!
In the
meantime,
the "debtor in possession" continued to occupy and
"rent out," or sublease the property for
his own aggrandizement while the creditor, HMH (The Griffins) paid for
the debtor's
perversion of the bankruptcy system.
(Mortgage, insurance & taxes!) Not only were the owners judicially
denied
their property rights, but they were required to pay for the
unethical, immoral, and fraudulent occupation of their own property.
That this travesty was perpetrated by those purporting to be the
moral and spiritual leaders within the community makes this case all
the more egregious! The
owner has, in essence been
forced to subsidize this debtor's voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy case!
From October of 2004 to November of
2007, an automatic
stay denied the
legitimate property owners access
to, and remuneration from their own property. Furthermore, the
proceedings have been convoluted so as
to deprive them of the necessary "adequate
protection" as provided for by
common bankruptcy law. In yet another convoluted and diversionary tactic,
the debtor
filed false allegations
against the
creditor that were proved to be completely frivolous and yet, there
were no consequences to
the debtor for making such perjurious allegations. (The
debtor claimed that HMH principals (Paul & Irene Griffin) entered
onto the
Meadows property, [albeit their own property] and actually evicted
forty families from the property. Subsequent documentary evidence
surfaced proving that no such eviction occurred. The debtors then
revised their already sworn testimony to
falsely allege that it had been a constructive eviction. The
documentary evidence also disproved this allegation....and still there
were no consequences to the debtor for their perjured filings. Quite
the contrary! Judge Blackshear based his punitive ruling of a totally
"inadequate protection" on the debtor's false allegations.)
Meanwhile, HMH (The Griffins) attempted to bring to the
court's attention the deterioration of the
property under the debtor's occupation. The court did not
even require the "debtor in possession" to perform general maintenance
on the property, and thus it had been destroyed by abuse, neglect and
vandalism. (Pictures) The
owners were obligated to pay for a property that they were prohibited
by
law from
going near. Truth Takes A Back
Seat-Opinion
The
Classic
Shell Game
From
the very beginning, the debtor filed this case with deliberately
deceptive and convoluted corporate permutations, dba's and a/k/a's.
After three
years of legal "gamesmanship,"
the reasoning behind
this was exposed with the
debtor's
filing of an objection to a judgment based
on
the creditor's incidental inclusion of Kolel
Mateh Efraim, along with Kollel
Mateh Efraim, LLC and Mateh Efraim,
LLC. The
alter ego/debtor claims that Kolel
Mateh
Efraim is a separate religious corporation and is not affiliated
with this
bankruptcy. And yet, in a sworn
affidavit the alter ego of the debtor, Jack Lefkowitz
admits that they have
been operating the property as "a
religious, tax exempt!" Department of Health permits confirm this as
being the case. In a contract dated
May
18, 2004, Aron Fixler (purchaser) assigned
the contract to Kolel
Mateh
Efraim, and
Rabbi Abraham C Steinwurzel (Trustee of Kollel Mateh Efraim!)
Additionally, numerous court documents, as well as tax id numbers, have
identified Kollel
Mateh Efraim as the "Debtor" in this case!
(04-16410) Some of these
filings are
inclusive of the
debtor's own, and are a fundamental basis for a nefarious, and
fraudulent deception. This deliberate convolution of nomenclature,
coupled
with cash payments and selective funding from Maskil
El Dal, LLC, presents the classic picture of deception,
money laundering and
bankruptcy
fraud! Jack Lefkowitz signed an Occupancy
Agreement
(June 3, 2004) and the Extension Agreement
(Sept 22 2004) for Kolel Mateh Efraim!
as President!
of the religious corporation. In a hearing held on July 20th, 2005, Jack
Lefkowitz identified himself as Managing
Member when associated with the LLC. In his
June 2007 affidavit in
support, Rabbi
Abraham Steinwurzel, identifies himself as, "at all relevant times"
I
am a trustee for Kollel Mateh Efraim, a religious corporation. He goes
on to say that "the debtor has subsisted on insider loans "from its congregation."
Rabbi
Abraham C Steinwurzel is also listed as the Manager for Camp
Mateh
Efraim at The Meadows, 1141 CR 114, Cochecton, NY 12726. (The property
being defrauded in this bankruptcy!) The irrefutable nexus
between these
entities cannot be denied. However, in order to highlight their frauds,
and obvious attempts to convolute and conceal the true identity of the
debtor, it was necessary for HMH to file a Declaratory Motion.
The Cover-Up
In an effort to
sanitize their expositive bankruptcy filing, the debtor, in collusion
with their legal counsel created a
second bankruptcy filing of virtually the same case, but purged
it of
the true identity of the debtor, Kolel
Mateh Efraim! It
is apparent that the debtor(s) realized that they had
inadvertently
identified and exposed the true contract vendee, and thus, the debtor
in this
case. Futhermore, their initial
chapter 11 filing was completely fraudulent since Kollel Mateh
Efraim, LLC does not now, and did not then exist. Lacking
any tax id number at all, the original documents were filed
by the debtor's reputable law
firm of Backenroth, Frankel and Krinsky, LLP. (BFK, LLP) A
first year law student
knows
better. Why this glaring omission was ignored by the bankruptcy court
under Judge Cornelius Blackshear (retired) is yet another
question! In their Motion
For
An Order of November 1, 2004,
Helen-May
Holdings, LLC alerted the court that there was something wrong with
this filing and that the debtor as filed, did not exist. Realizing that
HMH (The Griffins) was on to their
fraud, the debtor simply filed a new case (04-17525)
with a new caption, "Mateh Efraim, LLC aka Kollel Mateh
Efraim, LLC." However, this time they included a tax id number that
identified the religious
corporation Kolel Mateh Efraim, and not either
of the preceding corporate entities, thus creating a second
fraudulent bankruptcy filing, and further perpetuating their
conspiracy
to defraud HMH (The Griffins). Their reasoning behind this
can only be due
to the fact that neither of the those corporate aliases
had ever filed for a tax id number, and so they believed that the tax
id number of
the religious corporation (the alter ego of the debtor) would
either go unnoticed or would serve to confuse HMH (The Griffins) and
the
court. All of this was formulated in a conspiracy to defraud by
Backenroth, Frankel & Krinsky, LLP,
(Judiciary Law 487) Jack Lefkowitz, Rabbi
Abraham Steinwurzel, Aron Fixler, and other John
& Jane Doe, known and unknown to HMH.
The only entity in
this case that is bound by an assignment of a contract, is Kolel
Mateh Efraim with the tax id #:
11-2831693. However, using the
tax id number of the
religious corporation, Mateh
Efraim, LLC, has fraudulently filed for chapter 11
protection
in this case in a clear attempt to subvert the judicial process, and
thereby protect the religious corporation (the assignee) from the
violations, breaches and frauds perpetrated by the assignee's alter
ego, and occupier of the
property.
In November of 2006, and in an
effort to bring clarity to the true
identity
of the debtor, the court ordered
the duplicate case dismissed and contemporaneously, and for the third
time, amended the caption of
the case. (04-16410)
In their June
19, 2007 "Reply", Helen-May Holdings, LLC attempted once again to
clarify the "flow chart of fraud" for the court, by exposing
the
debtor's alter egos
for their deliberate conspiracy, and deceptive filings. As a further
attempt to
convolute the issue, and no doubt in response to the courts'
June, 2007 ruling that it would
render a decision based on the tax id
number, the
alter ego/debtor filed (June,
2007) for a new
tax id number (for the LLC) from
the IRS believing that would serve as evidence that Mateh Efraim,
LLC (Ephraim?) would be identified as the debtor. That horse left the
barn in May, 2004 with the "Assignment,"
again in June, 2004 with the "Occupancy
Agreement," again in September,
2004 with the "Extension Agreement,"
and again in
November of 2004 when they amended
their
initial bankruptcy filing by using the tax id of
the
religious corporation. As of January,
2009, the court has yet to rule on
the true identity of the debtor while HMH (The Griffins) has
filed a
declaratory motion which
clearly identifies the conspirators, their frauds, and their violations
of the RICO statutes. HMH
has also filed a motion for sanctions
against the "Culpable Parties" including the alter ego/debtor's counsel
Backenroth, Frankel and Krinsky LLP.
Arrogance!
On
May 16, 2007, after the automatic stay was finally lifted, and
in an
effort to
thwart an impending sale of the property, the debtor placed
a notice
in
"Hamodia" magazine. Translation from Hebrew: "To All Holy
Institutions of Our Brethren of Israel, To Make it Known and to Reveal
That Anybody to Whom a Proposal to Purchase Is Made of the Meadows
Hotel Fosterdale New York Which Is Now in Possession of Camp Mateh
Ephraim Please Call Us First, So as Not to Cause Us a Great Loss of
Money 646-334-7386 718-541-1236." The telephone number
associated with this
despicable violation clearly and unequivocally belongs to Abraham C
Steinwurzel. Although brought to the attention of the court, there has
been no consequences. In yet a further
violation of
law, and in an
effort to circumvent the rulings of the
bankruptcy court regarding their eviction, on June 26th,
2007, the debtor did file yet another
cause of action in
Sullivan County Supreme Court, Case No. 07-01937.
This was a clear violation of the bankruptcy code since the debtor
did not
make an
application to the court, nor to the US trustee for approval to retain
new counsel and to file a new case, as
required by Law. This alter ego/debtor
claims to
have no
money, (Rabbi Steinwurzel: "the debtor has no money") and yet is able
to retain fleets of law firms, to file reams of
documents, and a multitude of new case numbers. In this redundant
and
deceptive
filing, the alter ego/debtor seeks to revisit
all of the issues
currently being heard in Judge Bernstein's court. Additionally, the
alter ego/debtor filed for an
injunction
against an eviction, and a
restraining order against HMH (The Griffins). As with their initial
chapter 11 case #
04-16410, this new case has at its genesis, false allegations
intended
to defame, and to bias the court against HMH
(The Griffins).
Under
penalty of perjury, the sworn affidavit of alter ego/debtor Jack
Lefkowitz in support of this motion is replete with more
fraudulent statements. He swore that on
June 22, 2007, HMH (The
Griffins)
entered onto The Meadows property and made threats. However,
independent sworn
affidavits, hotel receipts, and telephone records prove that from
June 20, 2007 through June 25, 2007
HMH
(The Griffins)
were three hundred miles distant from the property. These alter
ego/debtors have yet to be
held
accountable
for any of their false allegations, perjury,
conspiracy or fraud! This new case was ultimately remanded back to
the bankruptcy court following more costly litigation. (Distract,
Divert, Delay, Deny, Deplete, Default) The alter
ego/debtor also
managed to resist all of HMH's efforts to evict them from the property,
and so they managed to survive yet another summer utilizing the
creditor's property without paying for that privilege. Once again, this
alter ego/debtor
demonstrates that it has all of the capital resources necessary for
perpetual litigation, but none to pay its debts!
Obstruction Of Justice
Subsequent to our counsel’s filing for
sanctions
against the alter ego/debtors and their counsel, and in a very clear
effort to
subvert the moral and ethical representation afforded us by our own
counsel, alter ego/debtor, Jack Lefkowitz did send an email
directly to
our
attorney, David Carlebach that can only be categorized as threatening,
bigoted, and disgustingly
inappropriate, to say the very least. It was an attack on our
attorney’s excellent character, and we are offended by this immoral,
and unethical violation of the client/attorney relationship that
most certainly qualifies as obstruction of justice. In a clear effort
to further influence our attorney, David Carlebach has met with a
barrage of telephone calls from members of the Brooklyn, NY
congregation appealing to his sense of community in deference to his
legal, moral and ethical obligations to his client. We have great
empathy for
the dilemma facing our attorney, and we know that with full disclosure,
the community will also come to respect him for his clear sightedness,
and unwavering advocacy in the face of the "legal thuggery"
orchestrated in a conspiracy to defraud by Backenroth,
Frankel and Krinsky LLP and their
clients.
A New
Chapter
Judge
Bernstein: "this
case doesn't pass the smell test,"
At
a hearing in federal bankruptcy court held
on
October 25, 2007,
Judge
Bernstein converted the case to chapter 7, and assigned
a trustee. The transcript
of the hearing further elucidates the necessity for a
comprehensive
investigation into the affairs of the debtor and their alter egos: the
religious organization; Kollel Mateh Efraim, LLC and all other aka's,
Maskil El Dal, LLC, Jack Lefkowitz, Abraham C Steinwurzel. In
accordance with that mandate, Robert
Geltzer
(Trustee) was assigned, and is represented by Robert
A Wolf,
a partner of Squire Sanders, LLP.
Believing that together we formed
a
partnership in the exposition of the alter ego/debtor's many violations
of
bankruptcy code, HMH (The
Griffins)
has endeavored to nurture a relationship built on trust and support for
the trustee's mandate. HMH (The
Griffins) felt
confident that after four years of frivolous litigation, they were on
the verge of complete judicial vindication and financial salvation. HMH
(The Griffins)
was, however, apprehensive when
the
trustee twice requested
adjournments regarding his purported right to assume or reject
the
contract. (Adjournments have long been the alter ego/debtor's
stratagem, and
HMH's nemesis.) Furthering HMH's
concern
was the fact that the alter
ego/debtor,
Jack Lefkowitz had
expressed to the trustee his own interest in bidding for the two parcels
adjacent to The Meadows property.
This is the bankruptcy alter ego/debtor himself, who claims to have no
money!
Although this "impropriety" may, or may not be
in violation of law, it is however, totally
unethical and unconscionable.
At
a hearing in federal bankruptcy court, held
on
January 31st, 2008, the trustee
reported to the
court that "the debtors, and their alter-ego: the religious
corporation, had been interchangeable for years as suited their own
purposes." And
so...with the promise of the long awaited "blue sky" and although not
in their own best interests, HMH (The Griffins) never the less agreed
to
the
adjournments requested by the trustee regarding his purported right to
assume or reject the debtor's pre-petition contract.
Trustee?
Curiously, since his appointment in October, 2007, the
trustee has
been aggressively pursuing the debtor's purported "rights" to creditor,
HMH (The Griffins)
property,
The Meadows! (Emphasis added!) On
March 11,
2008 the trustee preemptively filed a motion
to
the
court for
approval of the bidding procedures on creditor HMH (The Griffins)
property! This
took HMH (The Griffins) completely by surprise since the trustee had
yet to settle the
issue
regarding whether they even have a right to assume or reject the
contract, and which they had sought to adjourn. While
HMH was in the
process of
preparing a timely answer to the motion, the
trustee proceeded to offer the contract rights "for sale" as though the
motion had already been "so ordered!"
In a preemptive mailing with a
service
list of
thirty-five, (in which creditor, HMH (The Griffins) was conspicuous by
its absence)
and
also in
an advertisement noticed in the New York Times, and GEM Auctioneers
website, the trustee prematurely
announced his intentions to auction not only the debtor's two adjoining
properties, but also the contract rights to HMH (The Griffins)
property.
Furthermore, the
trustee
failed to disclose that those disputed contract rights, if they
exist at
all,
are
not without major impediments and costs.
Following a hotly contested lifting of the bankruptcy stay and a costly
eviction process, HMH (The Griffins) believed that they were finally
free to market
and sell their own property, The Meadows, and to that end they retained
the services of several real estate
agencies. Those agencies reported
that their telephone lines had been active and that several potential
buyers had been identified and negotiations were ongoing. By
prematurely offering the contract rights for auction in the NY Times
and on GEM Auctioneers website, the trustee had effectively shut down
all of the aforementioned negotiations.
Also, lurking in the
background, and warning potential purchasers to stay away from
the Meadows, has been none other
than the chapter 7 alter ego/debtor himself, Jack Lefkowitz. One realtor
reported that his own client had been warned off by Jack Lefkowitz.
Still another interested party
approached HMH Principals, (The Griffins) stating that he was very much
aware of all
that had transpired
regarding Jack Lefkowitz, and his bankruptcy. He voiced his
apprehensions and his legitimate concerns that Jack Lefkowitz would
appear at his home and threaten his family. Other members of the
community echoed these same concerns. The alter ego/debtors had
previously
placed a notice in Hamodia magazine!
The community had
been put on notice,
and the well had been terminally poisoned!
At Issue With The Trustee
When Judge Bernstein converted this case to a chapter
7, and stated that, "this case doesn't pass the smell test,"
HMH (The Griffins) felt
confident that with the assignment of a trustee would come an end to
the convolution of process and the "six D's" of the alter
ego/debtor's game plan: Distract;
Divert;
Delay; Deny; Deplete; Default. However, it would appear
that
the
trustee, Robert Geltzer was attempting to fund this court mandated
action against this chapter 7 alter ego/debtor by further victimizing
this alter ego/debtor's victim. Instead
of discovering the debtor's assets, and justly administering to the
disbursement obligations of the
debtor's estate, and to its only true, non insider creditor, HMH (The
Griffins), it
seemed that the
trustee was simply perpetuating the
very same legal gamesmanship and techno-babble as was the mephitic
waltz of the alter
ego/debtor's former counsel, Backenroth,
Frankel and Krinsky LLP. (HMH
(The Griffins)
believes that all
of the costs
should be borne out of the debtor's assets, and not those of the
creditor. This creditor has already been victimized enough!) The
trustee
grossly deviated from
the mandate of
the court to satisfy the affairs of the "debtor's estate" while he
accused HMH (The Griffins) of being contentious. He continued to
trample over the rights of HMH (The Griffins),
while offering for auction a
property to which he had no rights under the law. In
response
to HMH's above noted "Answer To Trustee's
Motion," the trustee resubmitted some minor
revisions as he sought approval from the court to auction HMH (The
Griffins)
property. These revisions were even less than conciliatory, and
totally reprehensible. Effectively,
he was saying, "I'm going to sell your property in a
bargain basement sale,
(probably
to a straw buyer for the original debtor) and we'll see if I had the
right to do so after it is sold." "Additionally, any effort by you to
impede me as I violate your rights is deemed by me to be
obstructionist."
Fruit
Of The Poisoned Tree!
The
trustee asserted that the debtor had a "pre bankruptcy"
contractual interest in The Meadows without any obligation to "cure"
the defaults under the Occupancy Agreement, and/or the Extension
Agreement. Nothing
could be further from the truth, nor more ignorant of the facts and
contract law! That
bargained for "agreement(s)" specifically states that any defaults
under the occupancy agreement, and/or
the extension agreement constitutes a
default
under the contract. The trustee's arguments
are technical
in nature, and are misleading, unjust and constitute a further
abuse of creditor, HMH (The Griffins).
He ingenuously claims that HMH (The Griffins) failed to notify the
debtors of their
defaults under the occupancy agreement, and also failed to provide a
"ten day" notice to cure. In fact, on
several occasions HMH (The
Griffins) verbally
warned the debtor of their defaults, and
concurrently served them with no
fewer
than seven notifications of default, and notice
to cure. The debtor
simply
chose to ignore all of these notifications. In
sworn affidavits,
the debtor denies this, but the documents don't lie. Any
semblance of rational thinking must logically
conclude
that the debtor had defaulted
under the terms of the Occupancy
and Extension agreements, and thereby under the contract.
Any purported right to assume the contract is not without its
obligation to the "cure" provisions under the terms of those
interdependent and unified agreements.
Indeed, the debtors have
gained great legal strategy, and
gross financial leverage from the existence, and selective
enforcement of these agreements. Their entire bankruptcy
enforced stay was based in law
solely by virtue of these
documents. HMH
(The Griffins)
was not only denied the benefit of their own property during the
thirty-seven months of the debtors' "stay" enforced occupancy, but was
also denied any payment or adequate protection due under the terms of
that very same legal document. An
agreement (emphasis added) cannot be unilateral, and
the trustee should
thereby be similarly bound. It is
not
the trustee who holds a claim against HMH (The Griffins) property; it
is HMH (The Griffins) that
holds claims and judgments
against
the debtors' estate. However, at
the very
genesis of all of this is the fundamental question: How
do they
get past the Bankruptcy Fraud? False Filings? False Schedules? False
Tax id Numbers? Tax Fraud? Money Laundering? RICO? Conspiracy? Mail
Fraud? Government Program Fraud? etc.? From the very first filing
by this debtor, HMH (The Griffins) alerted the court that the
debtor was not a legal entity, did not legally exist,
and was not entitled to file a petition under federal bankruptcy code!
Any purported
rights of this debtor would constitute "Fruit Of The Poisoned Tree!"
Resolution Of
Issues With Trustee
At a hearing in Federal Bankruptcy Court
held on March 25th, 2008
Judge Bernstein upheld
HMH's assertion that the trustee's purported contract rights are a
matter that is still pending before the court, and therefore, the
trustee had, in fact, over stepped his bounds when he advertised
creditor HMH (The Griffins)
property for auction. HMH was
vindicated! And yet it was a shallow and a costly victory due to the
fact that any
potential buyers for the property who had not already been dissuaded by
the devious antics of the debtor, were now completely discouraged by
the well publicized and injunctive nature of the trustee's actions.
Meanwhile, during
the course of this debtors'
fraudulent bankruptcy, HMH (The Griffins) mortgage, interest and
penalties on the
property have more than tripled, and consequently, MEW
Equities, the lien holder on the property, is "fast tracking" a
foreclosure. And so, in order to
be free to sell their own property within the short window of
opportunity remaining, it
became necessary for HMH (The Griffins) to reach an agreement
with the trustee. While judge Bernstein acted as a mediator, and while
"the elephant in
the room," (the debtor's
bankruptcy fraud) remained a moot topic, HMH
(The Griffins)
believed that the prevailing dynamic compelled them to accept terms that ran counter to their own
best interests.
More Noise!
On May 5, 2008
Backenroth, Frankel and Krinsky, LLP
filed an Objection to approval of the
mediated
settlement between the trustee and HMH (The Griffins). The very same
legal firm that
conceived of, and prosecuted this entire
fraud, continues unabated with their legal gamesmanship, and what we
believe to be their criminal
culpability. However, as a consequence of this convoluted objection,
and in order to be free to sell their own property, once again HMH was
compelled to "carve-out" those very same bargained for
rights as were
intensely negotiated at a
mediation in front of Judge Bernstein. Furthermore, BFK unilaterally
sent a notice of its objections to all of the realtors on the trustee's
list that was
transparent in its attempt to confuse, frustrate and discourage any
remaining realtors and
potential purchasers as to HMH's ability to convey good and clear title
at a closing.
Once again, our judicial system had been so dusgustingly abused as to
terminally bar creditors Paul
& Irene Griffin from selling their own property during the
2008 season.
Moving Forward
Truth Or
Consequences
These two depositions are a "must read" for an
insight into the arrogance of these debtors, and the disdain, contempt
and ignorance they demonstrate
for our Judicial system.
In the trustee's January
30,
2008 Deposition
of Jack
Lefkowitz, this arrogant debtor exhibits a
total lack of respect for the trustee, and a sneering contempt for the
judicial process. (Also an extremely distasteful outburst that is an
affront to common decency and the memory of the victims of 9/11!) This
deposition is saturated with perjury, and is self
incriminating. It makes
crystal clear
the fact that
this debtor is a serial bankruptcy filer. It is
his modus operandi to overwhelm and bully unsuspecting creditors with
his vast experience in subverting the bankruptcy process, by utilizing
his
unlimited resources for funding perpetual litigations. He also confirms
that "the debtor" has subsisted on donations and insider loans "from its
congregation." When asked which congregation would that be? His
reply: Maskil
El Dal, Inc.
On March 28th, 2008, in a Deposition of
rabbi Steinwurzel, this conspirator in bankruptcy fraud and money
laundering exhibits a lack of respect not only for the justice system,
but for the moral and ethical values that he purports to uphold as a
religious and spiritual leader of the community.
On June 16th, 2008,
the trustee filed a complaint (Adversary
Proceeding # 08-01265)
against Jack Lefkowitz, and Abraham C.
Steinwurzel (personally) for breach of fiduciary to the debtor.
(Whomsoever the debtor or alter ego turns out to be!) HMH (The
Griffins) believes this
is an
excellent "first salvo" in what will surely be the first of many
against the alter egos of Kollel
Mateh Efraim, Maskil El Dal and their
numerous co-conspirators. It should also serve as evidence in support
of Sanctions
motions against Backenroth, Frankel and
Krinsky LLP. (Without whom, none of this
would have been possible!)
On July 17, 2008,
the firm of Heller,
Horowitz, and Feit, PC (HH&F) had been retained by the defendants,
and they filed a Stipulation And
Order Extending Time To Answer on behalf of Jack Lefkowitz and
Abraham Steinwurzel. This firm proudly proclaims a history
that speaks for itself in what many might consider its defense of greed
and corruption, and many
would also consider this a fundamental cause for our current fiscal
crisis.
On August 6, 2008 Stuart
A.
Blander (of HH&F, PC) representing Jack Lefkowitz and Abraham
Steinwurzel
filed a Motion to
Dismiss the trustee's Adversary
Proceeding. The trustee countered the defendant's motion with an opposition motion that not only lays out the defendants'
breach of fiduciary to the debtor, but indicates that a fraud
has been perpetrated. And so as
of September 16, 2008, Eli Feit
of HH&F, has filed yet another memorandum
in support of their motion to
dismiss. As usual, their techno babble and deliberate convolutions of
the cognitive English language are transparent.
At a pre-trial hearing on Sept
25, 2008 at 10:00 AM at One Bowling
Green, 7th FL, New
York, NY 10004,
Courtroom 723 (SMB) and after arguments had
been
heard, Judge Bernstein rendered his ruling on the defendant's motion to
dismiss...he found that their arguments did not sustain a dismissal,
and ordered that the case #08-01265
proceed to a trial in January,
2009. The trustee pointed
out to the court that there were related adversary actions pending
before the court and he sought to schedule them into the court's
docket.
Having failed in their motion to dismiss, the defendants
filed a motion
for a jury trial in an obvious attempt to further delay a trial. When
that also failed to yield the desirable results, the defendants filed
yet another motion for an adjournment based on their failure to
complete their discovery within the scheduled time frame. The trustee
acquiesced and the court granted the motion by rescheduling to the end
of
March for a final pre-trial hearing. On March 13,
2009, the attorney for the defendants filed yet another "letter"
in support of their memorandum in support of their motion to
dismiss. How ridiculous! Basically, their claim
is that after four years
of occupying creditor HMH's property without payment, there was no
foul, no harm. This is all the more outrageous if they are
permitted to continue bleeding the estate in this manner. On March 17,
2009 the trustee sent a letter to the
court
answering all of the issues raised in the defendant's letter of March
13, 2009. And still, on March
18, 2009 HH&F have yet, another bite at the apple with
another letter to the court. The court made
a ruling on September 25th, 2008 and the defendants are still arguing
against that ruling. They have become so desensitised to arguing both
sides of the same coin
that they no longer know where the truth lies...nor do they care!
Not only have the defendants been
permitted to continue their campaign of the six D's, (Distract,
Divert, Delay, Deny, Deplete, Default) but
they have also been successful in gaining adjournments that were not
sanctioned by the court in the related case against the
religious corporation, Kollel Mateh Efraim. (case #
07-02052) When a motion for an
adjournment failed in that case, they had their attorney,
Isaac Nutovic file a motion to be removed based on their
failure to pay his fees. This is not the first time that they have
successfully employed this tactic. The same attorney, Isaac Nutovic
filed the very same motion in July of
2008, only to be rescinded upon a
purported settlement of his fees. He was also successful in that
incidence of effectively gaining a previously declined motion for
adjournment. At a hearing held on February
3, 2009, in the very same case
# 07-02052 Judge Bernstein ordered
that Kollel
Mateh Efraim must be represented by counsel, and that with the withdrawal
of Isaac
Nutovic for non-payment, Kolel Mateh Efraim must find new counsel by
March 12, or be
ruled in default. On March 12, 2009,
Isaac Nutovic not only re-enters
the case on behalf of debtor Kolel Mateh Efraim, but he re-files a
motion for a jury trial. This is, of course, a red herring since a jury
trial would not only fully expose all of their illegal activities, but
would likely result in punitive damages. However, it serves as yet
another delaying tactic. HMH (The Griffins) fail to understand why the
court is permitting such a disgusting abuse of the judicial system, and
also just how this entire dynamic is working toward the best fiduciary
interests of the chapter 7 bankruptcy estate.
On May 28th, Judge Bernstein rendered an opinion
that the alter ego/declaratory motion is an issue where the debtor has
demanded a jury trial, and the trustee's motion to strike such demand
is denied. Although the opinion seems to support the fact that the
debtor IS the religious corporation since the Employer Identification
Number 11-2831693 utilized by the debtor does in fact belong to the
religious corporation, it is difficult for us to understand why this
factual issue needs to proceed to a jury trial, and thus incur the
additional expense. (Or...is that the point!)
The Wizard Behind The Curtain
And The Bearer Of Poisoned Fruit
Backenroth, Frankel and Krinsky LLP
knowingly and deliberately conspired
with the defendants as they conceived of, and perpetrated this entire
fraud. They further advised, guided, and supported
defendants Jack Lefkowitz, and Abraham Steinwurzel personally, as they
perpetuated their breach of
fiduciary. (Alleged in the June 16,
2008 complaint.) BFK has a long
history with these debtor/conspirators,
and they knew exactly what they were doing and with whom they
were doing it as they threw every conceivable legal (and illegal)
obstacle in the path of recovery for HMH (The Griffins). On May
5th, 2008,
BFK maliciously setout to impede both HMH (The Griffins),
and
the Trustee after
they had
reached a mediated settlement of their issues. By thus conspiring with
Lefkowitz and Steinwurzel in
their quest to survive nearly four years on the property without paying
for it, BFK has demonstrated that they are irredeemably
"ethically
challenged" and
must be judicially sanctioned under Rule 130.1
and Judiciary
Law §487. HMH
(The Griffins) gave BFK, LLP many opportunities to "get it
right"
but BFK
continually chose to "get it wrong!" They are complicit not only in
the
defendants' breach of fiduciary, but
as legal professionals, they actively assisted the debtors in their
"scorched earth" campaign against creditor HMH (The Griffins):
i.e.: falsification of documents and schedules,
frivolous filings, conspiracies, frauds,
perjuries, false allegations, etc. As "officers of the court"
Backenroth, Frankel and Krinsky LLP have
not only violated the integrity of our courts, but in so
doing they have betrayed the trust of the American people, and the
basic tenets of a belief system that must remain unassailable
and inviolate.
HMH has filed a complaint with Chief
Counsel: Alan W. Friedburg of The New York State Departmental
Disciplinary Committee For The First Department.
BFK has mounted what can only be described as a personal
vendetta against HMH, Paul & Irene Griffin. They have done so even
to the extent of acting against the best interests of their own client
(Kollel Mateh Efraim) and the creditors of the Kollel estate. BFK is
deliberately seeking to sabotage a favorable settlement with the
trustee in their own client’s bankruptcy solely to please their real
client, the trustee of Maskil el Dal (aka Jack Lefkowitz) who is under
pressure from the trustee’s lawsuits and who is also seeking to
sabotage the settlement in order to gain leverage in these lawsuits. No
doubt that there is an element of vengeance and retaliation for the
complaint that HMH filed with the Disciplinary Committee against the
firm. Due to their client (Kollel Mateh Efraim, aka Maskil El Dal, aka
Jack Lefkowitz) seeking protection within the bankruptcy courts, HMH
was forced into their own chapter 11 filing. Now, BFK is seeking to
sabotage HMH's chapter 11 bankruptcy case, even against the interests
of their own professed status as an administrative creditor.
Collusion appears to be taking place between BFK and the purported
creditor Maskil El-Dal Incorporated. BFK’s purported Chapter 11
administrative claim ($450,000.00) arises from the services it
allegedly rendered on behalf of the debtor, (Kollel Mateh Efraim) and
in connection with the Chapter 11 phase of this case. Having served as
attorneys for the Chapter 11 Debtor, BFK cannot represent any other
creditor in this case. Nevertheless, on several occasions in its
Objection to the trustee’s stipulation, BFK refers not only to its own
purported claim against the estate, but also to that of Maskil El-Dal.
Indeed, BFK explicitly states that it has conferred with the Trustee
for Maskil El-Dal “and it likewise opposes both the motion and
settlement” BFK clearly has no standing to make such an assertion on
behalf of Maskil El-Dal, and in fact, has a conflict in doing so,
particularly in light of the fact that, according to his sworn
testimony at his Bankruptcy Rule 2004 examination in this case, Jack
Lefkowitz, the former Managing Member of the Debtor, was also a Trustee
of Maskil El-Dal. BFK’s continued references to Maskil El-Dal’s
purported claims and positions in this case give rise to the question
of whose interests BFK is truly pursuing in this matter. The fact that
the principal of the debtor, and the principal of the purported
creditor are personified in the same individual, (Jack Lefkowitz) is
another cause for investigation into BFK’s conspiratorial relationship.
Additionally, it is our firm belief that BFK deliberately created the
circumstances surrounding an earlier, Unauthorized Settlement in this
case. (An order was never settled.) Yet, BFK spent nearly eighteen
months in a unilateral effort to cloak our previous attorney with an
authority that he did not have. Facing overwhelming evidence that
Gerald Orseck was not authorized to enter into a settlement, (affirmed
in his own admissions, affidavits, pleadings and depositions) BFK
nevertheless mounted a vigorous, eighteen month frenzied campaign,
complete with strategic adjournments (designed to buy their DIP client
a longer “stay” on our resort property) all in an effort to cram down
this non-existent settlement. The court ruled that this had, in fact
been an unauthorized settlement.
A
BAD ENDING OR A NEW BEGINNING?
There have been many more recent developments in this case,
(April-July, 2009) that are most certainly connected. By standing up
for their rights, and like deer in the headlights, HMH principals have
found themselves caught in the cross-hairs of a major conspiracy,
leading directly to a case of Federal Racketeering. Due to the travesty
of this "Faith Based Fraud,"
and the complicity of our bankruptcy
courts, Paul & Irene Griffin have lost their investment property
to a
foreclosure sale, that took
place on July 24, 2009. As a further consequence of this gross
miscarriage of justice, after twenty years of residence in
Jeffersonville, NY, Paul & Irene are also losing their personal home and sole source of income, in a
foreclosure. The culmination of our life's work...gone! Has Justice
taken a vacation or has it simply become irrelevant in today's society?
Is it Justice...or Just Us?
And so the words of FBI
Director Robert Mueller have
great
significance…not only for HMH principals, but for all law-abiding
Americans who still believe in the possibility of justice within our
court system. "Has it gotten that bad-that people believe such
deceptions and crimes are just the normal way of doing business?" (Replace
the word "people" with "our courts"!!!!)
"A bankruptcy
filing
is
often the last step of a series of criminal acts, including mortgage
fraud,
bank fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, and government program fraud.
Bankruptcy fraud is often the tip of the criminal iceberg, and that
makes these
prosecutions so important.”
said
Deputy Attorney General Paul J.
McNulty
Serial Filer
Jack Lefkowitz is also a principal in a
medical imaging company, a
mortgage
brokerage firm, and in vast real
estate holdings throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan, etc. This
habitual
"debtor" in the federal bankruptcy courts has nurtured courtroom
relationships, and although in an unrelated case he has attracted the
attention of the New York State Attorney General, he continues
to
seduce, hijack, conspire with, and thumb his nose at our judicial
system. He is an economic terrorist who has effectively held our courts
hostage, and rendered them complicit in his nefarious activities. Under
his guile, our courts are demonstrating the classic symptoms of
"Stockholm Syndrome." Furthermore, at a Trustee 301 hearing, Jack
Lefkowitz falsely testified under oath
that he was not a
principal in
any other
corporate entity. In fact, Jack Lefkowitz is a serial
bankruptcy
filer,
and he appears as a principal in the
following corporations:
NASSAU
EQUITIES LLC Jack Lefkowitz Member
1 World Trade CTR Ste 8911, New York, NY Bankruptcy
FIRST
QUALITY REALTY, LLC Jack
Lefkowitz-Member
28 Debevoise St., Brooklyn, NY, (Debtor-in-Possession)
BARCLEY DWYER COMPANY, INC. Jack Lefkowitz-President
751 2ND Ave, New York, NY
MED SCAN, INC. Jack Lefkowitz, President, CEO and owner
751 2nd Ave., 1st Floor, NYC
Olympia Capital Group, LTD
Care to Care President
& CEO
755 2nd
Ave. 2nd floor
New York, NY 10017
Kollel Mateh Efraim, LLC- Bankruptcy
5608 13th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11219
Maskil El Dal, Inc.- questionable
transfer of property in a not for profit
1526 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY
Maskil
El Dal, Inc. and Jack Lefkowitz - Alleged
Fraudulent Conveyance
27
North Moore Associates, LLC (The Ice House) Tribeca, NYC-(OAG Investigation)
Allou
Corp Stephen E Turman
representing Jack Lefkowitz, Maskil El Dal Ltd., Olympia Capital
Group,
Ltd. (Defendant).
Hearing (RE: related
document(s)[1] Complaint ...
Bankruptcy,
Fraud,
Arson, Bribery, Money Laundering:
Coincidentally, the above noted summons and complaint was filed against Jack
Leflowitz, Maskil El Dal, Inc. and related entities in Herja Associates
bankruptcy case (See: Allou Corp., above) on
September 27, 2004. (The
same date that Lefkowitz stopped
a check and defaulted on the contract in this case. Herman Jacobs has
since been sentenced to fifteen years for his role in that case.)