The Fox News website reports today (July 12, 2012) that a New York City man was sentenced in Trenton (NJ) federal court yesterday to two and a half years in prison, in a case that is the first ever federal conviction for illegally selling human kidneys for profit.
Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, 61, a Brooklyn resident, pleaded guilty last October to brokering three illegal kidney transplants for New Jersey-based customers in exchange for payments of $120,000 or more.
Prosecutors say Rosenbaum -- an Orthodox Jew -- made millions of dollars by exploiting desperate recipients and paying donors a petty sum.
In court yesterday, Rosenbaum admitted wrongdoing, but said his motives were "altruistic."
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