Monday, May 19, 2014

2014-05-19 ADL refuses to address evidence of racketeering in Bet Tzedek - the Los Angeles "House of Justice" - an affiliate of the Greater Log Angeles Jewish Federation

ADL, which advertises itself as a champion of civil rights, has refused for several years to address mounting evidence of racketeering by senior officers of Bet Tzedek, the Los Angeles "House of Justice", an affiliate of the Greater Los Angeles Jewish Federation.  Bet Tzedek is headed by Sandor Samuels, former Chief Legal Officer of Countrywide Financial Corporation and former Associate General Counsel of Bank of America Corporation.

David Pasternak (former President), Sandor Samuels (President/CEO), Terry Friedman (former Executive Director) – of BET TZEDEK (the Los Angeles "House of Justice"), an affiliate of the LOS ANGELES JEWISH FEDERATION. The evidence shows the three of them colluding in racketeering in the Los Angeles Superior court.[i] Highly decorated FBI veteran, renowned fraud expert James Wedick opined that their conduct was "fraud". [ii] But ADL refuses for years to address the evidence of racketeering in Bet Tzedek.
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OccupyTLV, May 19 - Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO), forwarded to Rabbi Laura Owens, (B’nai Horin - Children of Freedom synagogue), a request to dissociate herself from Bet Tzedek, a prominent Los Angeles Jewish charity, and Sandor Samuels, its president. [iii]
The request followed fund-raising advertisements, widely published by Bet Tzedek, featuring Rabbi Owens, which states: [ii]
Justice for all is not only a basic American principle, it is one of the foundations of Judaism. Bet Tzedek exemplifies the commitment and compassion of justice for everyone.  I am proud to be a small flame in the torch that carries this light into the twenty-first century.
The request, forwarded to Rabbi Owens says: 
Bet Tzedek is nothing less than a Jewish racket, headed by Sandor Samuels, one of the architects of the epidemic of mortgage and foreclosure fraud, and corruption of the state and US courts from coast to coast.
The fact that Sandor Samuels likes to find cover under the mantle of Jewish charity and in particular holocaust survivors, is a cynical ploy. But the fact that the Los Angeles Jewish and legal community continues to provide his such cover is inexcusable. [iv]
In parallel, the request was also forwarded to ADL, the Anti Defamation League. Reply, indicating reading of the message was received from ADL's Mr Todd Gutnick, but no other response. [v]
This was not the first time that ADL, which advertises itself as a champion of justice and civil rights, fails to address detailed evidence of racketeering by Bet Tzedek and its president Sandor Samuels.  Requests, which were repeatedly forwarded to ADL and its director Abraham Foxman on this matter over the past several years. They all remain unanswered without exception. [vi,vii]
The note to Rabbi Laura Owens also included a short message, detailing some of the evidence for the major role of Sandor Samuels, Bet Tzedek's president as a key figure in the mortgage and foreclosure fraud epidemic in the United States.
Sandor Samuels is former Chief Legal Officer of Countrywide Financial Corporation and former Associate General Counsel of Bank Of America Corporation.
The evidence shows, that in such capacities, starting in the early 2000s, Sandor Samuels was a key figure in establishing corrupt practices in Countrywide, and later in Bank of America, relative to the "streamlining" of government-backed residential mortgage approval and fraud in foreclosure procedures. The outcome of these practices is an unprecedented fraud on the US tax payer, on shareholders, and on homeowners nationwide. [viii]
In parallel, Bet Tzedek, under the leadership of Sandor Samuels was authorized by the City of Los Angeles as the sole agency to handle all citizens' complaints of real estate and mortgage fraud.
In early 2007, Sandor Samuels went further and launched a campaign against real estate and mortgage fraud in synagogues and churches across Southern California, prominently advertising himself under the web site of Bet Tzedek as a "Fraud Buster". [ix]
In view of Samuel's campaign against real estate fraud, a request was filed Sandor Samuels in his Bet Tzedek office, in his capacity as President of Bet Tzedek, to stop real estate fraud being perpetrated by Countrywide and its Legal Department. [x] Within 24 hours, the entire web site of Bet Tzedek was removed. When it came back up a few days later, no mention was found any longer of the Fraud Buster campaign.
Soon afterward, a retaliation campaign was launched: Bryan Cave LLP, started appearing in the Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Countrywide, under ever changing party designations, "Plaintiff", "Defendant", "Cross Defendant", "Real Party in Interest", "Intervenor", and more... all with no legal foundation at all. Moreover, Sandor Samuels himself appeared in the case under the bogus party designation “Person in Interest”.
In January 2008, Countrywide collapsed, following the publication by the New York Time of fraud by Countrywide's Legal Department under the leadership of Sandor Samuels through the filing in the US Bankruptcy Court in Pennsylvania of “Recreated Letters” as evidence. [xi] The collapse of Countrywide was one of the events, which defined the onset the ongoing financial and socio-economic crisis, which resulted in bailouts in hundreds of billions of dollars from the US treasury to Countrywide and later Bank of America as its parent corporation, and misery for millions in the United States and beyond.
In March 2008, Sandor Samuels, in his capacity as Chief Legal Officer of Countrywide, was also directly responsible for the fraud by Countrywide and its Legal Department in the US District Court in Texas. That case resulted in a Memorandum Opinion by Judge Jeff Bohm, which was also based on a year-long study by the office of US Trustee of the practices of Countrywide's Legal Department in the courts from coast to coast. The Memorandum reads as a catalog of legal fraud practices. [xii]
On July 1, 2008, the merger of Countrywide into Bank of America, effectively enforced by the US government, was completed, and Sandor Samuels became Associate General Counsel of Bank of America, under Bank of America's General Counsel Timothy Mayopoulos. The evidence shows that with it, fraud in the Los Angeles Superior Court by Countrywide's Legal Department and Samuel's Bet Tzedek's colleagues, David Pasternak and Terry Friedman came to a temporary halt.
However, in December 2008 Timothy Mayopoulos was abruptly dismissed and escorted by security out of the Bank of America headquarters. He was replaced by Brian Moynihan – today Bank of America president. Within 24 hours, fraudulent retaliatory actions in the Los Angeles Superior Court were resumed, through Countrywide's Legal Department, now a subsidiary of Bank of America.  Therefore, Sandor Samuels should also be considered a key figure in establishing in Bank of America the same corrupt legal fraud practices, previously established in Countrywide. [xiii]
The evidence presented here shows that the abrupt dismissal of Bank of America General Counsel Mayopoulos was tightly correlated with the establishment of corrupt legal practices in Bank of America. In contrast, investigations into the same matter by the New York Attorney General and the US Congress were unsuccessful...
Fraud in the California courts by Countrywide and Bank of America was one of the focuses of the 2010 Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) [xiv,xv] for the first ever Periodic Review of Human Rights in the United States. The Human Rights Alert submission was incorporated into the final HRC Periodic Report on Human Rights in the United States with the note: "Corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California". [xvi]
Attempts to protect Civil Rights against conduct of Sandor Samuels and his Bet Tzedek colleagues in the US courts were futile as well. The US District Court, Central District of California, refused to issue lawful summonses in this case, and the US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit summarily denied Emergency Petitions, asking to order the US District Court to issue summonses in this case.
Filing of detailed evidence of the fraud in the courts by Samuels and his colleagues [xvii,xviii] was unlawfully “returned” by Supreme Court Counsel Danny Bickell with no authority at all. [xix,xx]
Likewise, all law enforcement agencies, local (Beverly Hills Police Chief David Snowden), state (then California Attorney General Jerry Brown), and federal (Kevin Melson, then Director of US Attorneys Office, and Kevin Kaiser, FBI Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations) effectively patronized Sandor Samuels and his Bet Tzedek colleagues, regardless of congressional inquiries by Senator Dianhe Feinstein and Congresswoman Diane Watson.
The synergistic corruption of the US justice system and US financial institutions is at the heart of the current crisis, [xxi,xxii] and Sandor Samuels should be viewed as a prime example of a key figure in establishing such conditions.
With it, since before the onset of the crisis and to this date, Sandor Samuels has served as President of Bet Tzedek, the Los Angeles "House of Justice", an affiliate of Greater Los Angeles Jewish Federation. In parallel, Sandor Samuels served, or serves on the boards of other major Los Angeles Jewish institutions as well:
* Adat Ariel Synagogue
* American Jewish University, Los Angeles
* Shalhevet school
* Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
None of the Board Members of Bet Tzedek, leaders of the Greater Los Angeles Jewish Federation, and the Los Angeles Jewish institutions, where Sandor Samuels is a Board Members has ever answered on notices alerting them to Sandor Samuels conduct, and urging them to take action. [xxiii,xxiv,xxv]
Likewise, no response has been received from Rabbi Laura Owens on the this week's notice.
ADL has refused over the years to respond on evidence of racketeering by Sandor Samuels and other Bet Tzedek officers as well.
With the passage of time, the standing of Sandor Samuels and his colleagues as leaders of Bet Tzedek and other Los Angeles major Jewish institutions, while their conduct in the banking system and the courts is fully advertised, will surely be remembered as the scarlet letter of the Los Angeles Jewish community during our time.
Likewise, the refusal of ADL to address evidence of organized crime and massive violations of Civil Rights by Jewish organizations and Jewish community leaders, combined with the repeat spreading of nonsensical data regarding antisemitism, and indoctrination attempts in US higher education institutions, leave ADL a Jewish organization with no credibility at all. [xxvi]

End note:
As part of the protocol of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), the author was required to submit drafts of the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2010 submission, regarding corruption of the California courts to the US authorities. Consequently, in the days prior to the deadline for submitting the report to the HRC, the author was sought by US Marshals, District Threat Unit.  Within days after filing the Human Rights Alert submission with the HRC and the fling with the US Supreme Court of papers documenting fraud in the US District Court, Central District of California, US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, and the US Supreme Court itself, the author had to flee the United States, after his neighbors warned him that armed US agents appeared at his residence and looked eager to shoot.  
Likewise, after filing the Human Rights Alert 2013 submission to the HRC on corruption of the Israel courts, [xxvii] the author was subjected to retaliation by the Israeli authorities, again through a major Israeli bank – Bank HaPoalim – in collusion with the Israeli courts. This time, retaliation was carried out under the patronage of Stanley Fischer, then Governor of Bank of Israel, now - No 2 at the Federal Reserve. [xxviii]
Today, the author lives in the OccupyTLV camp, under protection of the German government against both the Israeli and the US governments. [xxix,xxx]
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)
OccupyTLV
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* The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations was incorporated into the 2010 Periodic Review Report regarding Human Rights in the United States, with the note: "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California".
* The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations was incorporated into the 2013 Periodic Review Report regarding Human Rights in Israel, with the note: "lack of integrity of the electronic records of the Supreme Court, the district courts and the detainees courts in Israel."
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LINKS

i 2011-12-28 Supplemental Declaration of Joseph Zernik in RE: Racketeering by COUNTRYWIDE, BANK OF AMERICA, BET TZEDEK, California and US Judges and Clerks, and cover up by FBI and US Department of Justice

http://www.scribd.com/doc/76635531/
ii 2007-12-17 Samaan v Zernik (SC087400) David Pasternak: Grant Deeds in re: 320 South Peck Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, opined “fraud” by James Wedick

iii 2014-05-15 Urging Rabbi Laura Owens to dissociate herself from Bet Tzedek - a Los Angeles Jewish racket headed by Sandor Samuels

http://www.scribd.com/doc/224298520/

iv11-12-31 The Latest From Countrywide's Sandor Samuels/Bet Tzedek Productions: Cynical Holocaust Exploitation

http://www.scribd.com/doc/76820607/
v 2014-05-15 ADL is urged to challenge statements on Bet Zedek - a Los Angeles Jewish rackethttp://www.scribd.com/doc/224819907/

vi 2011-05-05 Addendum to request for opinion by ADL’s Abraham Foxman in re: Corruption/Racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish/Legal community

http://www.scribd.com/doc/54719683/
vii 2011-05-05 PRESS RELEASE: Anti Defamation League’s Abraham Foxman is asked to opine on allegations of Public Corruption, Racketeering in the Los Angeles Jewish/Legal Community
viii 2010-10-01 United Nations Human Rights Council Professional Staff Report, referring to Human Rights Alert submission with the note "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California" (page 6, paragraph 45)

ix 2007-06-20 Samaan v Zernik (SC087400) Bet Tzedek's web pages featuring Sandor Samuels' campaign against fraud

http://www.scribd.com/doc/32214681/

x 2007-06-22 Samaan v Zernik (SC087400) Letter Hand Delivered to Sandor Samuels in his capacity as President of Bet Tzedek, on the premises of Bet Tzedek

xi 2008-01-08 Case of Borrower Hills (01-22574) - in the US Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. Countrywide's Three "Recreated Letters" and a Transcript
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25003494/ 
xii 2008-03-05 Case of Borrower William Parsley (05-90374), Dkt #248: Judge Jeff Bohm's Memorandum Opinion, rebuking Countrywide's litigation practices, Countrywide's false outside counsel scheme - appearances by counsel who are not Counsel of Record, with "no communications with clients" clause:
xiii 2010-05-05 Countrywide, Bank of America [NYSE;BAC], and its President Brian Moynihan Compilation of Records Evidence of Racketeering
xiv 2010-04-08 Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the UPR of the United States, as it appears in the United Nations Human Rights Council site
xv 2010-04-08 Human Rights Alert (NGO) Appendix I to submission for the 2010 UPR of Human Rights in the United States, as it appears on the UN site:
xvi 10-10-01 United Nations Human Rights Council Professional Staff Report, referring to Human Rights Alert submission with the note "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California" (page 6, paragraph 45)
http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/169/65/PDF/G1016965.pdf?OpenElement
xvii 2010-04-20 Richard Fine v Sheriff of Los Angeles County (09-A827) - Dr Joseph Zernik's Motion to Intervene - face pages of five filings by Dr Joseph Zernik, with stamps showing receipt by the US Supreme Court
2010-04-18 Richard Fine v Sheriff of Los Angeles County(09-A827) 1 Amended Motion to Intervene
2010-04-18 Richard Fine v Sheriff of Los Angeles County(09-A827) 2 Amended Request for Lenience by Pro Se Filer
2010-04-18 Richard Fine v Sheriff of Los Angeles County (09-A827) 3 Amended Request for Corrections in US Supreme Court Records
2010-04-18 Richard Fine v Sheriff of Los Angeles County (09-A827) 4 Amended Request for Incorporation by Reference
2010-04-18 Richard Fine v Sheriff of Los Angeles County (09-A827) Dr Zernik's 5 Amended Appendices
2010-04-18 Richard Fine v Sheriff of Los Angeles County(09-A827) 5 Amended Appendix IX b: Zernik's Declaration in re: April 16, 2010 search for records in the Courts microfilm judgments archive
xviii The papers were filed in the US Supreme Court was as a “Motion to Intervene” in the case of Richard Fine:
2010-01-21 Attorney Richard Fine - dissident's false hospitalization in Los Angeles County, California
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Attorney-Richard-Fine--di-by-Joseph-Zernik-100118-435.html
xix 2010-04-22 Richard Fine v Sheriff of Los Angeles County (09-A827) at the US Supreme Court - Dr Zernik's Declaration RE: Court Counsel Danny Bickell and Filing at US Supreme Court
xx 10-07-01 In re: Fine v Sheriff (09-A827): Complaint against US Supreme Court Counsel Danny Bickell Alleging Public Corruption and Deprivation of Rights
http://www.scribd.com/doc/33772313/
xxi 11-08-08 PRESS RELEASE: Fraud and Corruption in the US Courts are Tightly Linked to Failing Banking Regulation and the Global Economic Crisis – presentation in the 16th World Criminology Congress, Japan
http://www.scribd.com/doc/62153608/
xxii 2012-09-26 Zernik, J., "Large-scale fraud in US court records is linked to failing banking regulation", OpEdNews.com
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Large-scale-fraud-in-US-co-by-Joseph-Zernik-120925-643.html
xxiii 2008-10-15 Cover Letter to Bet Tzedek - a Los Angeles Jewish Charity, Alejandro Mayorkas, Member of the Board, and Mitchell Kamins – President
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31333595/
xxiv 2010-06-11 Call for Accountability by the Jewish Community for Rampant Fraud at Los Angeles Superior Court
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32918651/
2010-10-05 The Los Angeles Jewish legal community again asked to assume accountability for conduct of Bet Tzedek “The House of Justice”
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38696210/
2010-10-11 Holly Fujie and Bet Tzedek the Los Angeles Jewish Legal Community Again Asked to Assume Accountability for Conduct of Bet Tzedek The House of Justice
http://www.scribd.com/doc/39099300/
2011-03-17 No shame left in the Los Angeles Jewish Community; Countrywide’s Sandor Samuels is again President of Bet Tzedek - “The House of Justice”
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50960691/
2011-06-06 PRESS RELEASE: Bet Tzedek – the Los Angeles “House of Justice” - a Jewish Justice Celebration!http://www.scribd.com/doc/57205711/
xxv 2010-06-11 Call for Accountability by the Jewish Community for Rampant Fraud at Los Angeles Superior Court
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32918651/
xxvii 2013-01-01 The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission, as incorporated into the UN Human RItghts Council UPR report with the note "Lack of integrity in the electronic records of the Supreme Court, the district courts and the detainees courts in Israel" (page 4, paragraph 25)
xxviii 13-09-25 Governor of Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer Acted As a Foreign Agent for U.S. Security Apparatus Banking Cartel
xxix 2013-01-23 Request for protection by the German Ambassador to Israel of a human rights/computer science writer in Jerusalem

xxx 2013-08-22 Request for protection by the German Consul in Israel of a German citizen against simulated court process
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