Two Orthodox Jewish rabbis in New Jersey have been arrested for running a criminal ring that specialized in kidnapping and torturing Jewish husbands who refused to give their wives a divorce. (What?!) It's true. For a minimum of $60,000, disgruntled married women could hire the gang to obtain a "get," a document in the Orthodox Jewish community that permits a wife to obtain a divorce. They gang would get the "get" by abducting the reluctant husband and terrorizing him physically and psychologically.
The Feds had been investigating the two rabbis and their accomplices for several years. The religious leaders' downfall was precipitated by telling an undercover FBI agent that their organization would kidnap her husband and torture him with an electric cattle prod! Kudos to the FBI for shutting this "business" down.
2 rabbis, 2 others charged in Jewish divorce shakedown
The Feds had been investigating the two rabbis and their accomplices for several years. The religious leaders' downfall was precipitated by telling an undercover FBI agent that their organization would kidnap her husband and torture him with an electric cattle prod! Kudos to the FBI for shutting this "business" down.
2 rabbis, 2 others charged in Jewish divorce shakedown
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