Your Checks Paid/Pay For Mesira!

$ 83,142.50 was paid by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber to various attorneys in order to fund the aforementioned litigation in the United States District Court for the eastern District of New York.

In addition to the aforementioned payments for legal services in the aforementioned litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber also incurred various litigation related expenses, including payments made to court reporters.

This all took place in the period commencing December 1997 though November 2001, Spritzer and/or Schreiber executed checks againts the bank account in the name of  Machne Menachem, Inc., bearing No. 0004016830 at the Wayne Bank, which has an office in Pike County, Pennsylvania.

The above paragraphs are incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth herein in their entirety.

On or about December 15, 1997, Check No. 1384, drawn on European American Bank (hereinafter “EAB”) Account No. 021001486, was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 1384 was in the amount of $10,000.00 and made payable to Bennett (Ben) Epstein. (A true and accurate copy of all checks referenced herein are attached bellow).

On or about June 17, 1998, Check No. 1535, drawn on the EAB Account was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 1535 was in the amount of $5,000.00 and made payable to Attorney Carl Bornstein.

On or about April 15, 1998, Check No. 1463, drawn on the EAB Account was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 1463 was in the amount of $5,000.00 and may payable to Attorney Carl Bornstein.

On or about March 8, 1999, Check No. 1317, drawn on the EAB Account was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 1317 was in the amount of $2,500.00 and made payable to Weinstock, Joseph and Klatsky.

On or about March 8, 1999, Check No. 1316, drawn on the EAB Account was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 1316 was in the amount of $2,500.00 and may payable to Weinstock, Joseph and Klatsky.

On or about July 15, 1999, Check No. 1527, drawn on the EAB Account was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 1527 was in the amount of $4,000.00 and may payable to Attorney Israel Weinstock.

Thereafter, on or about September 1, 1998, Meir Schreiber and Yaakov Spritzer executed a check on the EAB Bank Account utilizing Check No. 1226. Said check was in the amount of $10,000.00 and made payable to Attorney Carl Bornstein.

Thereafter, on or about October 19, 1998, Meir Schreiber and Yaakov Spritzer wrote Check No. 1271 on the EAB Bank Account in the amount of $1,800.00 and made payable to Attorney Carl Bornstein.

On or about November 15, 2000, Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber executed Check No. 2381 on the EAB Bank Account, in the amount of $4,000.00, made payable to Attorney Jeff Schwartz.

On or about May 15, 2000, Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber executed Check No. 1949 on the EAB Bank Account, in the amount of $5,000.00, made payable to Attorney Israel Weinstock.

On or about May 31, 1999, Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber executed Check No. 1396 on the EAB Bank Account, in the amount of $5,000.00, made payable to Attorney Israel Weinstock.

On or about January 30, 2001, Meir Schreiber and Yaakov Spritzer executed Check No. 2426 drawn on the EAB Bank Account, in the amount of $3,500.00 and made payable to Attorney Jeff Schwartz.

On or about July 23, 2001, Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber executed Check No. 2654 on the EAB Bank Account, in the amount of $2,500.00, made payable to Attorney Jeff Schwartz.

On or about September 4, 2001, Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber executed Check No. 2686 on the EAB Bank Account, in the amount of $5,000.00, made payable to Attorney Jeff Schwartz.

On or about September 14, 2001, Check No. 2686, drawn on the EAB Account, was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2686 was in the amount of $5,000.00 and made payable to Attorney Jeff Schwartz.

Thereafter, on or about September 30, 2001, Check No. 2704, drawn on the EAB Account, was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2704 was in the amount of $4,500.00 and made payable to Attorney Jeff Schwartz.

Thereafter, on or about October 23, 2001, Check No. 2715, drawn on the EAB Account, was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2715 was in the amount of $4,000.00 and made payable to Attorney Jeff Schwartz.

On or about April 12, 2001, Check No. 2465, drawn on the EAB Account, was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2465 was in the amount of $1,500.00 and made payable to Attorney William Rice.

On or about July 10, 2001, Check No. 2625, drawn on the EAB Account, was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2625 was in the amount of $2,000.00 and made payable to the law firm of Ridley & Rice, P.C.

Thereafter, on or about November 7, 2001, Check No. 2717, drawn on the EAB Account, was executed by Yaakov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2717 was in the amount of $342.50 and made payable to Attorney William Rice.

Thereafter, on or about December 6, 2001, Check No. 599, drawn on Wayne Bank, Account No. 0004016830, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menacham. Said Check No. 599 was in the amount of $10,000.00 and made payable to Doran & Nowalis.

Upon information and belief, the checks made payable to Attorneys Bornstein, Weinstock, Schwartz and Epstein were for the funding of the aforementioned litigation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, inter alia.

Upon information and belief, the checks made payable to Attorney William Rice and/or the law firm of Ridley & Rice, P.C., were for the funding of litigation commenced against the caretaker of Camp Machne Menachem in Pike County, Pennsylvania.

Upon information and believe, the check made payable to Doran & Nowalis was for the funding of the bankruptcy proceedings, docketed to No. 5-01-04926 in this Honorable Court.

On or about March 7, 2001, Check No. 2418, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2418 was in the amount of $539.50 and made payable to Diamond Reporting, Inc.

On or about April 19, 2001, Check No. 2465, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2465 was in the amount of $1,500.00 and made payable to Attorney William Rice.

On or about June 19, 2001, Check No. 2543, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2543 was in the amount of $261.33 and made payable to Panko Reporting.

On or about June 19, 2001, Check No. 2544, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2544 was in the amount of $521.50 and made payable to Ridley & Rice, P.C.

On or about August 1, 2001, Check No. 2655, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2655 was in the amount of $324.50 and made payable to Holly Driscoll, Court Reporter.

On or about August 2, 2001, Check No. 2625, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2625 was in the amount of $2,000.00 and made payable to Ridley & Rice, P.C.

On or about October 1, 2001, Check No. 2701, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2701 was in the amount of $4,500.00 and made payable to Veritext.

On or about October 3, 2001, Check No. 2702, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2702 was in the amount of $512.00 and made payable to Holly Driscoll.

On or about October 16, 2001, Check No. 2705, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2705 was in the amount of $500.00 and made payable to Targum Translations.

On or about October 16, 2001, Check No. 2708, drawn on the EAB account, was executed by Yaacov Spritzer and Meir Schreiber, on behalf of Machne Menachem. Said Check No. 2708 was in the amount of $441.00 and made payable to William Rice.

Said funds belonged to Machne Menachem, Inc., and not to Defendants Meir Schreiber and Yaacov Spritzer.

As aforementioned, on October 18, 2002, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, through the Honorable I. Leo Glasser, found that as a matter of law, Mendel Hershkop, Shumuel Heber and Yosef Goldman were and remain directors of the Debtor corporation and found that Spritzer and Schreiber conducted themselves as alleged directors of the Debtor corporation “in blatant derogation” of applicable New York corporate law.

Therefore,  Meir Schreiber and Yaakov Spritzer had no authority to bind Machne Menachem, Inc., through the issuance of the aforementioned checks totaling $90,742.33.

In executing the aforementioned checks totaling $90,742.33, Meir Schreiber and Yaakov Spritzer converted the assets of Machne Menachem, Inc., for their own use, funds in which they held no personal ownership and no corporate authority to utilize on behalf of Machne Menachem.