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NEW YORK, April 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- K2 Global Consulting has completed its assignment for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the "Claims Conference") working on its immediate response to a fraud carried out against the organization.
The Claims Conference, headquartered in New York with offices in Frankfurt and Tel Aviv, is responsible for disbursing compensation to Holocaust survivors on behalf of the German government. The Claims Conference discovered that a group of individuals had defrauded the organization out of more than $42 million by falsifying claim applications. The organization worked extensively with federal law enforcement authorities at uncovering the details of the fraud, which culminated in the arrest of 16 people in November 2010.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Julius Berman, Chairman of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced the successful negotiation of a historic agreement with the German government to provide euro 110 million (approximately $145 million) in 2011 for vital homecare services for Jewish Holocaust victims living around the world.
This is double the amount that the Claims Conference received for 2010 following negotiations earlier this year and is the largest single amount ever negotiated for homecare for Holocaust victims. With restitution-related sources of funding on the decline, this agreement obtained by the Claims Conference is vital to addressing the growing social welfare needs of aging Holocaust survivors," said Mr. Berman.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 96 C 6242--Ann Claire Williams, Judge.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a report released today by The Conference Board Governance Center, a group of key U.S. business leaders report that their enterprises are coming under increased pressure from some states for collection of unclaimed property liabilities.
The report captures the insights of a recent survey of The Conference Board Council members and other business executives, which indicates that companies are seeing a significant shift to more assertive patterns of enforcement in the area of unclaimed property, as states struggle to fill budget gaps and increase compliance.
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Confronting the Perpetrators: A History of the Claims Conference. By Marilyn Henry. Valentine Mitchell: London, 2007. vii + 256 pp.
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EnservioSelect's Tom Kirkpatrick speaking on Fine Art & Collectible Claims panel discussion, Enservio exhibiting in booth 1137
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Terrance Stepoli made his first game in the Greensburg Central Catholic-Jeannette rivalry a memorable one.
And in the process, he helped the Centurions reclaim their dominance in the Interstate Conference.
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MORGANTOWN The breach of contract suit filed by the Big East Conference against West Virginia Friday afternoon came as no surprise. Nor were there an...
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Homecare Funding Increases, Changes to Pensions Also Negotiated
NEW YORK, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Claims Conference has negotiated with the German government for historic successive increases in funding for homecare for Holocaust victims and for significant changes in its pension programs, announced Chairman Julius Berman.
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NEW YORK - After a year of tough negotiations, Germany has agreed to pay pensions to about 16,000 additional Holocaust victims worldwide - mostly survivors who were once starving children in Nazi ghettos, or were forced to live in hiding for fear of death.
The agreement announced Monday between the New York-based Claims Conference and the German government is "not about money - it's about Germany's acknowledgment of these people's suffering," said Greg Schneider, the conference's executive vice president.