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Jacob Ostreicher

Jacob Ostreicher in Los Angeles on December 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
January 6, 2015, 10:57 pm
Year after escaping Bolivia, Orthodox Jew struggles to recover
Businessman Jacob Ostreicher credits actor Sean Penn with saving him from Third World prison nightmare, but has yet to rebuild his life
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December 31, 2013, 8:59 pm
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Twenty questions on the wild, strange and important events that shaped the year
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Jacob Ostreicher, a New York City businessman, left, arrives at a court to attend a hearing in Santa Cruz, Bolivia in 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo, file)
December 25, 2013, 8:46 am
Ostreicher’s flight proves guilt, says Bolivian prez
Actor Sean Penn calls the haredi businessman’s escape a ‘humanitarian operation’
By JTA
Actor Sean Penn leaves Bolivia's presidential palace after meeting with Evo Morales, whom he's pressed for Ostreicher's freedom. (Juan Karita/AP)
December 18, 2013, 11:46 am
Sean Penn with US businessman wanted in Bolivia
Hollywood A-lister says ‘humanitarian operation’ led to the extraction of Jacob Ostreicher from ‘corrupt prosecution and imprisonment’
By Carlos Valdez and Joshua Goodman
New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, right, consults with attorney Abel Montano at a courthouse in Bolivia, where he was being held without charges (photo credit: AP/File)
December 17, 2013, 7:01 pm
Businessman back in US after term in Bolivian jail
Orthodox father of five Jacob Ostreicher returns home safely; local Jewish paper alleges he was not freed but rather escaped
By JTA and AP
New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, right, consults with attorney Abel Montano at a courthouse in Bolivia, where he was being held without charges (photo credit: AP/File)
December 17, 2013, 3:53 am
Bolivia releases Jacob Ostreicher after two years
Ultra-Orthodox NY man was arrested in 2011 on suspicion of money laundering and doing business with drug traffickers
By JTA
New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, right, consults with attorney Abel Montano at a courthouse in Bolivia, where he was being held without charges (photo credit: AP/File)
June 11, 2013, 11:40 pm
Two Bolivian officials in Ostreicher case plead guilty
Lower-ranking officials are among 15 arrested in shake-down of Jewish-American businessman under house arrest until case resolved
New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, right, consults with attorney Abel Montano at a courthouse in Bolivia, where he was being held without charges (photo credit: AP/File)
May 24, 2013, 6:26 am
Jacob Ostreicher’s wife laments: ‘They will never let him go’
At a congressional hearing, actor Sean Penn calls for the US to ‘step up’ for Alan Gross in Cuba as well
By Suzanne Pollak
Actor Sean Penn leaves Bolivia's presidential palace after meeting with Evo Morales, whom he's pressed for Ostreicher's freedom. (Juan Karita/AP)
May 22, 2013, 12:54 pm
Sean Penn lobbies for haredi man imprisoned in Bolivia
Actor suggests putting pressure on sponsors of money-making Dakar Rally to reroute race until Jacob Ostreicher freed
Jacob Ostreicher, an Orthodox investor from Brooklyn, has been freed from prison in Bolivia but will remain under house arrest after paying $14,000 as bail. (AP/File)
December 27, 2012, 8:03 pm
Freed Haredi man: Bolivia’s Jewish community was ‘disappointing’
US Jewish businessman Jacob Ostreicher, who remains under house arrest in South America, claims local Jews are afraid of their government
Jacob Ostreicher, an Orthodox investor from Brooklyn, has been freed from prison in Bolivia but will remain under house arrest after paying $14,000 as bail. (AP/File)
December 18, 2012, 10:59 pm
Haredi American released from Bolivian prison
Jacob Ostreicher had been held without charges for 18 months in alleged extortion effort by government officials
Bolivian President Evo Morales. (Photo credit: CC BY/Sebastian Baryli via Flickr.com)
December 14, 2012, 9:02 pm
US lawmakers urge Bolivian president to release Ostreicher
Haredi businessman from Brooklyn has been held without charges for more than 18 months
New York businessman Jacob Ostreicher, right, consults with attorney Abel Montano at a courthouse in Bolivia, where he was being held without charges (photo credit: AP/File)
December 12, 2012, 5:32 pm
After 28th hearing, Orthodox man jailed in Bolivia calls case a joke
At a proceeding attended by actor Sean Penn, judges refuse to free man seen as victim of extortion conspiracy
By Carlos Valdez and Frank Bajak
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