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.
____
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]
____
Joseph
Zernik, PhD
Human
Rights Alert (NGO)
OccupyTLV
____
*
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."
____
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
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
iv11-12-31
The Latest From Countrywide's Sandor Samuels/Bet Tzedek Productions:
Cynical Holocaust Exploitation
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
xxii
2012-09-26 Zernik,
J., "Large-scale fraud in US court records is linked to failing
banking regulation", OpEdNews.com
xxiii
2008-10-15
Cover Letter to Bet Tzedek - a Los Angeles Jewish Charity, Alejandro
Mayorkas, Member of the Board, and Mitchell Kamins – President
xxiv
2010-06-11 Call for Accountability by the
Jewish Community for Rampant Fraud at Los Angeles Superior Court
2010-10-05
The Los Angeles Jewish legal community again asked to assume
accountability for conduct of Bet Tzedek “The House of Justice”
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
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”
xxv
2010-06-11
Call for Accountability by the Jewish Community for Rampant Fraud at
Los Angeles Superior Court
xxvi
2014-05-16 "NYT" publishes unvarnished ADL propaganda: 93%
of Palestinians are anti-Semites_OpEdNews.com
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
