Thursday, November 13, 2014
15 Face Federal Fraud Charges in Brooklyn, Orange County: Sources
More than a dozen people in two large Hasidic communities in New York are facing federal fraud charges early Thursday, NBC 4 New York has learned.
Law enforcement sources say that a dozen people were arrested after early-morning raids in Brooklyn and Kiryas Joel, an Orange County village with a large Orthodox Jewish community. Three other suspects are still at large.
FBI agents also served several search warrants in the two areas.
Sources say the suspects are charged with several crimes including mortgage fraud welfare fraud, sources say.
The suspects are set to appear in federal court in White Plains later Thursday.
More details of the investigation are expected to be released at a news conference Thursday at the U.S. Attorney's Office in White Plains.
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