Раби Даниэль Литвак, организовавший изготовление документов, подтверждающих наличие у Романа Абрамовича еврейской бабушки предков - португальских евреев-сефардов, которое дало тому право на гражданство Португалии, арестован португальскими властями за фальсификацию этих данных, а также целого ряда других документов.
The leader of Porto’s Jewish Community Daniel Litvack has been arrested today by PJ Judicial police investigating the process of conceding Portuguese nationality to descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled during the Inquisition.
The granting of Portuguese nationality to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, at purported lightning speed, in April last year is just one of the cases included in the criminal probe, under the auspices of the regional MP/ DIAP (department of investigation and penal action).
According to reports, Rabbi Litvak was the member of the Israeli Jewish Community of Porto responsible for the issuance of certificates of descendants of Sephardic Jews.
In other words, he signed off on paperwork that allowed people of many different nationalities to then claim Portuguese nationality under the terms of the Nationality Law for Sephardic Jews, which came into effect in March of 2015. Jornal de Notícias stresses the urgency of today’s arrest.
The rabbi was apparently at Porto airport, preparing to take a flight which was to have stopped off at Munich before continuing on to Israel. “There was not even a judge of criminal instruction present to apply eventual bail measures”, the paper explained.
“Daniel Litvak is suspected of eventual crimes of corruption and falsification of documents”, the paper continues.
https://www.portugalresident.com/abramovich-nationality-probe-rabbi-arrested/