A former leader of an Orthodox volunteer security patrol in Brooklyn
has been charged in federal court with bribing New York police officers
to “expedite” gun permit applications for members of the Orthodox
community.
Alex “Shaya” Lichtenstein was indicted on bribery and conspiracy
charges Monday after an officer in the New York Police Department’s
License Division allegedly confessed that he and a supervisor had
accepted bribes from him, according to the New York Post.
The Forward reported that Lichtenstein — who was arrested Sunday at
his home in Rockland County, a heavily Orthodox region an hour north of
New York City — is the former coordinator of the Borough Park-based
Shomrim security patrol. Citing court papers, the Forward said that at
the time of his arrest, Lichtenstein was carrying an NYPD detective’s
shield bearing the word “liaison” even though he is not an official NYPD
liaison. [...]
Court papers say Lichtenstein was secretly recorded last week
boasting about how his police connections had enabled him to secure 150
gun licenses. He reportedly offered another police officer $6,000 per
gun permit after fearing that the FBI was cracking down on the officers
who had previously helped him. [....]
They want him to rat out other policemen, then throw him overboard.
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