A Florida man became the sixth attacker indicted in the brutal caught-on-camera beating of a Jewish man in Times Square in 2021, Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday.
“As alleged, Salem Seleiman disrupted a peaceful pro-Israel rally when he participated in a brutal antisemitic attack on a Jewish man,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Seleiman’s alleged conduct was abhorrent and many of the other individuals who joined him have already been convicted and are serving state prison sentences. Violently assaulting someone because of their religion is unacceptable, and we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners, community groups and local leaders to address attacks on the Jewish community.”
“These defendants allegedly coordinated and enacted a gunpoint robbery that led to the death of Tobias Savice, a good-spirited family man,” Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg said in a statement. “Although Mr. Savice remained strong on his road towards recovery, he sadly succumbed to the effects of his injuries.”
“Haspil resigned in May 2019, knowing Mr. Saleh would learn about the embezzlement, yet continued to steal money increasing the amounts,” the release states. Prosecutors said Haspil paid Saleh back with stolen money through the PayPal scheme, but the theft continued, escalating to about $400,000.
“Nelson Counne used an expertly crafted persona and elaborate web of lies to convince women to hand over their savings,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. “While the scale of this fraud is remarkable, romance scams are all too common.”
