MONSEY — The FBI descended late Wednesday on Yeshiva Shaarei
Torah in connection with an investigation into a gang that pressured men into
giving their wives religious divorces.
The FBI told Ramapo police to follow them to the yeshiva on
Carlton Road about 9 p.m. Authorities remained at the scene until early
Thursday morning, when several agents were seen leaving the building, loading
equipment into several unmarked cars with New Jersey license plates.
The source said arrests were made in Rockland as well as New
Jersey.
An FBI spokesman in the New York City office said actions in
connection to the investigation were also ongoing in Brooklyn.
The spokesman would only say that searches were being
conducted in connection with an “ongoing investigation.” He could not confirm
whether arrests had been made and referred all calls to the agency’s Newark,
N.J. office. Officials there could not be reached for comment.
FBI agents were seen loading evidence into a car outside the
yeshiva. Students were forced to wait in the yeshiva's parking lot during the
raid.
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