Deal, NJ - FBI and IRS Agents Grab Records at Yeshiva

Deal, NJ - Federal agents seized records from the business offices of the Deal Yeshiva, the latest signal of a widening investigation into the dealings of Solomon Dwek, a multimillionaire developer and school administrator.

FBI and IRS agents spent hours combing through the Brighton Avenue business office of the private Jewish school and removing boxes and other items.
Dwek's attorney, Michael Him mel, said he was aware that investigators executed search warrants at two sites yesterday, one in the yeshiva office, and another search in an office in Oakhurst registered as the home address of Dwek Financial LLC, Dwek's real estate management company.

Dwek, 33, is the son of Rabbi Isaac Dwek, founder of the region's Sephardic Jewish community and leader of the Deal Synagogue.

At the Deal Yeshiva, the younger Dwek has served as vice president and chief executive. In federal campaign contribution records, Dwek has alternately listed his occupation as a rabbi, a school administrator, an investor and the head of a real estate company.

In May, FBI agents arrested Dwek on bank fraud charges related to a PNC deposit. He re mains free on $10 million bail pending indictment.