PRESS RELEASE – Petition alleges Bank of Israel Fischer patronizes criminality at Bank HaPoalim, BM עתירה לבג"ץ טוענת שנגיד בנק ישראל פישר נותן חסותו להתנהלות פלילית בבנק הפועלים בע"מ. 12-10-23

The three fundamental issues are a) Brazen conduct by the Bank, which should be deemed as a pattern of Extortion through corporate White-collar Crime, b) Sovereignty, or lack thereof, of the State of Israel, in general, and Bank of Israel- Banking Regulation, in particular, vis-a-vis their United States counterparts, and c) Integrity, or lack thereof, in Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation Consumer Complaints procedures. 

The case in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel provides a novel perspective on the US-Israel relationship, one where the State of Israel is administered as a US corporate province, and an Israeli bank is permitted to establish and enforce on Israelis, who are "United States Persons" (according to the bank - in the State of Israel - US citizens and green card holders, but apparently not corporations), its own version of US IRS Regulations and waivers of customers' privacy to the US government. In view of widespread corruption of US banks and US banking regulation and the successive collapse of major US financial institutions, the caving in of the Israeli Banking Regulator to the US government, by permitting organized white-collar criminality in a financial institution, should raise doubts regarding integrity and stability of the Israeli financial system.

 

Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel; Bank HaPoalim is the largest consumer bank in Israel

        

View as PDF (Hebrew and English): http://www.scribd.com/doc/110868267/

View as blog post (Hebrew and English): http://inproperinla.blogspot.co.il/2012/10/press-release-appeal-alleges-bank-of.html   

Jerusalem, October 23 - In Zernik v Fischer (7650/12), filed today in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel, Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), a US citizen and a resident of Jerusalem, claims that Stanley Fischer, Governor of the Bank of Israel and Israel's banking regulator has been patronizing for some time organized white-collar criminality among senior management of Bank HaPoalim, BM, the largest consumer bank in Israel. [1]

The Petition asks for a Conditional Decree (decree nisi), for Fischer to order the immediate registration of Dr Zernik's August 25, 2012 Complaint against Bank HaPoalim [2] and its overdue review.

On August 25, 2012, the Complaint was first received by Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation, but regardless of repeated requests, Bank of Israel refuses to issue a complaint number, or confirm registration of the complaint.

In the August 25, 2012 complaint against Bank HaPoalim, Dr Zernik provided evidence that the Bank issued fabricated legal papers, claiming that it was authorized and required to establish and enforce its own version of United States IRS Regulations on 'United States Persons' in the State of Israel.  With it, the Bank demanded that 'United States Persons' sign waiver of privacy for the United States government, relative to their banking transactions. 

At the same time, Bank HaPoalim refuses to provide the same customers the statements of interest gained in the customers' accounts on an annual basis, absent which IRS tax returns cannot be filed.  In addition, Bank HaPoalim apparently does not recognize Corporate Personhood - the Bank's communications refer to enforcement of IRS Regulations only on US citizens and green card holders, but not corporations, as 'United States Persons'.

Today's Petition to the High Court of Justice alleges that, "the matter at the foundation of instant Petition is blatantly unlawful conduct by executives at Bank HaPoalim… against… 'United States Persons' in the State of Israel.  Such conduct by Bank HaPoalim… shows the characteristics of organized white-collar crime.  Such conduct commenced prior to the filing of Petitioner's Complaint, and continues to this date with full knowledge and patronizing by Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation.  The ongoing refusal by [Fischer] and Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation to register the… complaint against Bank HaPoalim, BM, is integral to this state of affairs… Fischer and Bank of Israel-Banking Regulation continue to patronize simulated lawfulness, to aid and abet the conduct of Bank HaPoalim… fraud, deceit, or large-scale public deception…  undermin[ing] the sovereignty of the State of Israel. … replac[ing] his loyalty to the State of Israel and its laws with loyalty to the laws of another nation and/or the interests of a financial institution... undermin[ing] the rule of law in the State of Israel.… misprision of felonies and abuse of his office…. basic failure of banking regulation in the State of Israel, at the time that other nations suffer under socio-economic crises that originated in similar conduct by their banks and banking regulator."

Stanley Fischer, has served as Governor of the Bank of Israel since 2005 and in 2010 was named by EuroMoney 'Central Bank Governor of the Year', from 2002-5 – as  Deputy Chair at Citigroup, from 1994-2001 – in the International Monetary Fund, and from 1988-2001 – in the World Bank.

Joseph Zernik has authored in recent years reviews of large-scale fraud by banks and banking regulators in the United States, under the color of simulated legality.  His studies were published in academic peer-reviewed journals in computing and criminology. [3,4] He is a US citizen and a resident of Jerusalem since 2010.

LINKS:

[1] Joseph Zernik v Stanley Fischer (7650/12) Petition in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel, filed October 23, 2012  (including Bank HaPoalim communications with its "US Persons" customers in English), October 23, 2012.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/110868553/

View Index of Case of the Court at: http://elyon2.court.gov.il/
[2] Zernik, J., complaint against Bank HaPoalim - for attempting to extort compliance with US IRS regulations in Jerusalem - filed with the Israeli Banking Regulator (in English), August 25, 2012.
http://es.scribd.com/doc/103922991/
[3] Zernik, J., "Large-scale fraud in US court records is linked to failing banking regulation, detailed in a paper, peer-reviewed and published in a data analytics journal", OpEdNews (2012).

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/Large-scale-fraud-in-US-co-by-Joseph-Zernik-120925-643.html

[4] Zernik, Joseph, Biographical Sketch

http://es.scribd.com/doc/46421113/

ירושלים, אוקטובר 23- בעתירה שהוגשה היום לבג"ץ, צרניק נ פישר (7650/12),

ד"ר יוסף צרניק טוען שסטנלי פישר, נגיד בנק ישראל, נותן את חסותו מזה זמן מה לעבריינות צווארון לבן מאורגנת בקרב הנהלת בנק הפועלים, בע"מ – הבנק הגדול במדינה. [1]

העתירה מבקשת צו על תנאי:

מדוע לא יורה המשיב על בנק ישראל-הפיקוח על הבנקים, לרשום מיד ולבדוק כדין את תלונת העותר נגד בנק הפועלים בע"מ מיום ה-25 לאוגוסט, 2012?

תלונתו של ד"ר צרניק נגד בנק הפועלים, בע"מ, הוגשה והתקבלה לראשונה בבנק ישראל ב-25 לאוגוסט, 2012. אולם מאז ועד עתה מסרב בנק ישראל להנפיק מספר לתלונה ולבדוק אותה כדין.

התלונה מיום ה-25 לאוגוסט, 2012, מציגה תיעוד לגבי בדותות משפטיות, המופצות על ידי בנק הפועלים, בע"מ, ואחרים, על פיה הבנק רשאי וחייב להנהיג ולאכוף על "אנשי ארצות הברית" במדינת ישראל את גרסתו שלו לתקנות מס ההכנסה של ארצות הברית, וכן, שהבנק רשאי וחייב להנהיג ולאכוף על "אנשי ארצות הברית" במדינת ישראל ויתור על הפרטיות הבנקאית לטובת ממשלת ארצות הברית.

עוד אומרת העתירה:

לטענת העותר, העניין העומד בבסיסה של עתירה זאת הוא התנהלות בלתי חוקית בעליל של הנהלת בנק הפועלים בע"מ, ו/או תאגידים הקשורים אליו כנגד העותר ו"אנשי ארצות-הברית" אחרים במדינת ישראל.  בהתנהלותם של בנק הפועלים בע"מ ואחרים מופיעים סממנים מובהקים של עבריינות צווארון לבן מאורגנת. התנהלות זאת החלה עוד קודם להגשת תלונתו של העותר, ומתמשכת עד יום זה בידיעתו ובחסותו של בנק ישראל-הפיקוח על הבנקים. סירובם המתמשך של המשיב ובנק ישראל-הפיקוח על הבנקים לרשום את תלונתו של העותר נגד בנק הפועלים בע"מ הוא חלק בלתי נפרד ממצב עניינים זה.

הודעה נמסרה לוועדת הסכמי באזל (לבנקאות בינלאומית) ולבנקים מרכזיים של אומות שונות.

LINKS:

[1] 12-10-23 Joseph Zernik v Stanley Fischer (7650/12) Petition in the High Court of Justice of the State of Israel

http://www.scribd.com/doc/110868553/

[2] 12-08-25 Dr Zernik's complaint, filed with Israeli banking regulation against Bank HaPoalim - for attempting to extort compliance with US IRS regulations in Jerusalem

http://es.scribd.com/doc/103922991/

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Joseph Zernik, PhD

< josephzernik@humanrightsalertngo.org>

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Human Rights Alert (NGO)   
* United States - the 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”  

[1] 10-10-01 United Nations Human Rights Council Records for 2010 Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States, where Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission was incorporated with a note referring to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/

* State of Israel  - the 2012 submission of Human Rights Alert to the HRC, titled, "Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel', is scheduled for review in January 2013.

[1] 12-06-04 Human Right Alert's Submission;  2013 UPR of the State of Israel: "Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of Israel"

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8Aa2xQGbmk5QWtZcjVQLWVFZ0k

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8Aa2xQGbmk5cjNxd2szX05oMkU

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WHAT DID THE EXPERT SAY ABOUT THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS?
*  "I think it's difficult to find a fraud of this size on the U.S. court system in U.S. history," said Raymond Brescia, a visiting professor at Yale Law School who has written articles analyzing the role of courts in the financial crisis. "I can't think of one where you have literally tens of thousands of fraudulent documents filed in tens of thousands of cases." Reuters (Jan 22, 2012)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/79572282/
* “Foreclosure fraud: The homeowner nightmares continue” CNN (April 7, 2011)
* “About 3 million homes have been repossessed since the housing boom ended in 2006… That number could balloon to about 6 million by 2013” Bloomberg (January 2011)
* "...a system in which only the little people have to obey the law, while the rich, and bankers especially, can cheat and defraud without consequences." Prof Paul Krugman, MIT (2011)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50753639/
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