{"id":52454,"date":"2023-03-10T15:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T23:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52454"},"modified":"2023-03-10T15:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T23:44:40","slug":"former-l-a-resident-arrested-for-alleged-multimillion-dollar-scam-targeting-orthodox-jewish-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52454","title":{"rendered":"Former L.A. Resident Arrested for Alleged Multimillion-Dollar Scam Targeting Orthodox Jewish Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22946 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Courtroom.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A former resident of the Fairfax District of Los Angeles has been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded investors, primarily members of the Orthodox Jewish community, officials stated Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Victims were scammed into investing millions of dollars in his security camera business and his purported real estate ventures in Israel, the Justice Department announced Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yossi Engel, 35, who moved to Israel in March 2021 but temporarily returned to the Los Angeles area last month, is charged with one count of wire fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-51995 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tingey-injury-law-firm-l4ygusg0fxs-unsplash-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"woman in gold dress holding sword figurine\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tingey-injury-law-firm-l4ygusg0fxs-unsplash-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tingey-injury-law-firm-l4ygusg0fxs-unsplash-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tingey-injury-law-firm-l4ygusg0fxs-unsplash-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tingey-injury-law-firm-l4ygusg0fxs-unsplash-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tingey-injury-law-firm-l4ygusg0fxs-unsplash-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tingey-injury-law-firm-l4ygusg0fxs-unsplash-scaled.jpeg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Currently, the FBI has identified losses of approximately $5 million. The federal criminal investigation is continuing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Engel was arrested Wednesday night at Los Angeles International Airport while attempting to leave the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He is expected to make his initial court appearance this afternoon in federal court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, Engel orchestrated a scheme in which he made false representations and used forged documents to induce victims to invest in and provide loans for iWitness Tech Inc., a Hancock Park-based security camera company, and properties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> Engel falsely claimed to own in Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51090 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wyxqqpyfnk8-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"white and black printer paper\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wyxqqpyfnk8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wyxqqpyfnk8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wyxqqpyfnk8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wyxqqpyfnk8.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> From September 2018 to January 2021, Engel allegedly used his community relationships to defraud victims, primarily from the Orthodox Jewish communities in the Los Angeles and New York areas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Engel allegedly claimed to need money in the form of short-term loans with high rates of return for iWitness\u2019 business operations, namely the purported purchase and installation of security cameras for its customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Engel offered short-term investments and loans in iWitness that ranged from $15,000 to $1.3 million. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The investments and loans were for two weeks to six months and would purportedly provide investors with 10% to 60% annualized interest, according to the affidavit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Victims were duped, in part, by being shown copies of false and fraudulent invoices of work iWitness purportedly did with other companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Engel told victims that iWitness was a large business with many clients, but in fact, it did not have as much business as he claimed. Work was so slack that at times iWitness employees sat around waiting for work while Engel slept on a couch, the affidavit states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In another part of the scheme, Engel falsely claimed to own and develop real estate in Israel, telling victims that he needed money for redevelopment work and falsely promising he would sell the properties and share the profits with investors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Engel showed victims a video depicting himself socializing with the mayor of Bnei Brak, Israel, and claimed to have met with the mayor concerning Engel\u2019s purported real estate deals in the city, the affidavit states. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">But Engel did not have a close relationship with the mayor, and he did not discuss with the mayor these real estate ventures in the city, according to the affidavit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Engel allegedly used fraudulent Israel land documents to dupe victims into thinking he owned these properties. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Through these fake documents and his trusted position in the Orthodox Jewish community, Engel allegedly lulled existing victims and encouraged new victims to send him money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Engel lied to investors that he needed private investments for both iWitness and the Israeli real estate projects because he was from Israel and did not have sufficient credit in the United States to obtain the lower interest rates available through U.S. banks, the affidavit states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">But, the affidavit alleges, Engel did not use the victims\u2019 money as promised and instead used it for his expenses \u2013 including trips via private jets and casino visits \u2013 and to make Ponzi payments to investors to perpetuate the scheme, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Once the alleged scheme fell apart in early 2021, Engel fled the United States for Israel, authorities said<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If convicted, Engel faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Engel is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In January 2023, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/litigation\/litreleases\/2023\/lr25613.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">sued Engel<\/a>, alleging he used his ties in the Orthodox Jewish community to perpetuate a multimillion-dollar million affinity fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The FBI is investigating this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv0658813201MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven M. Arkow of the Major Frauds Section is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A former resident of the Fairfax District of Los Angeles has been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded investors, primarily members of the Orthodox Jewish community, officials stated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former L.A. 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