A Monsey rabbi alleged to have been a mastermind behind a
kidnap team that used torture as a means to persuade Orthodox Jewish men to
grant their wives a religious divorce hopes to be out on bond by Friday, his
attorney said.
Rabbi Martin “Mordachai” Wolmark, the head of Yeshiva
Shaarei Torah in Monsey, appeared in federal court Wednesday alongside several
men accused of having a role in the kidnappings.
Wolmark’s attorney, Marc Agnifilo, of the Manhattan-based
firm Brafman & Associates, said U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge
Douglas E. Arpert agreed to his client’s release on condition that he surrender
$5 million bond secured by property, remain under electronic home confinement
and turn his passport over to authorities.
“We are pleased the court accepted Rabbi Wolmark’s bail
package. That he was able to offer $5 million in equity shows that his family,
friends and community support him. We look forward to defending these
allegations with the Rabbi a free man,” Agnifilo said in an email. “We are
posting the properties tomorrow and we hope he will be released by Friday.”
Agnifilo said two properties are being used to secure the
bond. He declined to identify the properties or their owners.
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