William E. Rapfogel, left and Rabbi David Cohen
New York, NY - Multiple sources familiar with the case say
that former Met Council head and predecessor to William E. Rapfogel, Rabbi
David Cohen, is one of the two unnamed co-conspirators listed in the criminal
case against the former chief executive.
THE NEW YORK TIMES reports that
the complaint, read Tuesday at Criminal Court in Manhattan, charges that two
unnamed co-conspirators one inside Met Council and the other with inside
access to Century Coverage Corporation, the charity’s insurance broker conceived
of the plan to bilk millions from Met Council through its insurance payments
before Rapfogel’s tenure as council head.
According to sources, Century Coverage owner, Joseph Ross,
is the other co-conspirator.
Cohen and Ross have yet to be criminally charged.
The complaint charges Rapfogel and the two co-conspirators
with skimming more than $5M from Met Council over the course of the scam.
Cohen, who continued to work for Met Council as a consultant
after yielding to Rapfogel in 1992, was terminated by the charity at the same
time Rapfogel was, but his dismissal flew largely under the radar due to the
high profile coverage of Rapfogel’s firing.
Cohen is currently chief executive of the volunteer
ambulance service Chevra Hatzalah.
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