Jewish Agency envoy arrested over fraudulent conversions (Indigenous Venezuelans paid to emigrate)

[Judi Lynn]

Last update - 11:41 13/02/2008
Jewish Agency envoy arrested over fraudulent conversions
By Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent

The Immigration Police arrested a Jewish Agency envoy to South America on Wednesday on suspicion that he provided immigration papers to 200 Venezuelan citizens despite the fact that he knew that they had undergone fraudulent conversions to Judaism.

According to police the suspect confessed to the allegations, saying that he knew the Rabbi who converted the Venezuelans was suspect.

Most of the Venezuelans were of indegenous descent who were convinced to convert by receiving promises of Aliyah benefits from the state.

The envoy told police that he wanted to be acknowledged as an excellent employee and therefore wanted to bring as many immigrants to Israel as possible.

Today, most of the Venezuelans live in Ramle while some of them have left the country in the past few years.

More:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/953917.html

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I heard of this a few years ago: paying indigenous people of another South American country to move to Israel and live in the settler houses (and get bombed?). Anyone have any information on this?