The alleged organ-selling individual busted as part of the wide-ranging corruption probe headed a Brooklyn charity that received dirty donations from yet another disgrace – of all people – Bernard Madoff. The individual ran a Brooklyn charity branch, a volunteer group that purports to help sickly children. Before Madoff was busted as one of the biggest scammers in history, his $19 million family foundation donated tens of thousands of dollars over several years to the charitable group, records show. The individual was arrested last week as part of a massive FBI sting after allegedly being caught on tape offering to sell a kidney for $160,000.
“I am what you call a matchmaker,” Rosenbaum told an FBI informant trying to broker a deal.
The individual said he had brokered “quite a lot” of illegal organ deals, according to a criminal complaint.
The charity’s sister organization in Israel also has ties to the selling of organs. That group was partially run by a retired banker, who a year ago helped sick Israelis find organ donors in the Philippines, according to reports.
{NY Post/Matzav.com Newscenter}
Birds of a feather …. flock together!
It’s the nine days lets be Don L’ekav Zechus
It’s the nine days, let’s do teshuvoh! Time to repent!
Don l’kav zechus is an halachic concept. It does not mean turn the other cheek.