At a news conference on September 7 , 2016 following the arrests of Shimen Liebowitz and Aharon Goldberg , 2 rabbis implicated in the Kiryas Joel murder conspiracy , Bharara called it a " chilling plot , " wherein the plotters " met repeatedly to plan the kidnapping and to pay more than $ 55,000 to an individual they believed would carry it out . " The rabbis were convicted and sentenced to prison in 2017
Kiryas Joel murder conspiracy
Kiryas Joel murder conspiracy
Preet Bharara