Behind Chamber Doors
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Why did Frida Hanimov go undercover?
I'll meet them about five, six blocks away from the warehouse.
We'd meet her, wire her up, talk to her, prep her about what she's going to say when she goes in.
When you get off from your car, you see this big, huge warehouse.
I mean, not a place that we were very happy about sending her into, but it was necessary. She was not the type of individual who you would normally put a recording device on. She was pregnant, and to have a pregnant woman who had no experience doing this, it was harrowing on us as well.
And this big steel gate will open up My heart was really going fast. And then the boom, they close it after me. I said, oh my God, I have no way out, even if I want to run away.
She could have been harmed. She could have been hurt. She could have been killed.
The truth is when I went inside, I didn't care about myself. This is the last chance I have to keep my kids.
Chamber of Secrets.
And this is a big mahogany door that I bought. Welcome to Frida Hannemoff's American dream. This was once her big house in a swanky New York neighborhood. It's a world away from the poverty where she grew up. Frida's parents fled Russia, emigrated to Israel, and at 19, Frida, a young nurse, made her way to America. Just a few weeks later, she met the man she would marry, Yuri Hamanov. His business was diamonds. They would have three children, Yaniv, Sharon, and Nati. Life was good. I love this house very much. I worked all my life just to get to this house. And boom, one day, After 13 years of marriage, Yuri announced to his wife that his business was failing. The dream house had to be sold and they would move to a small apartment in Brooklyn. Frida says her husband told her they had to pretend to divorce. She claims it was part of a scheme to hide their assets.
Then he even gave me Diamonds that he told me that it's worth over $6 million. Oh, look at that.
What role did Nisim Elman play in the case?
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We're talking about corruption in the court system and the pawns that are being played with here are children.
The very fabric of the legal system is at stake here. There is a question. If I walk into a courtroom, am I getting a fair shot? Am I getting a fair shake? I'm Michael Vecchione, and I am the Chief of the Rackets Division in the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. And I was in charge of the investigation begun by Frida Hanimov, who started this by walking into our office and telling us that she was about to lose her children because a judge had been fixed.
I felt something is wrong, but I couldn't prove it. I just couldn't prove it. I said, what kind of America is this? I'm Frida Hanimov. I went undercover for the district attorney office to nail a corrupt judge. I'm not a police officer. I'm not a detective. I'm a mother and a nurse. I'll do anything, anything in the world to keep my kids. Even if I have to fight with a tiger, I'll do it.
a Supreme Court judge being paid off, being bribed. You can't get much more serious than that. So he decided to put a recording device on her.
This is the neighborhood that we took Freda to.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why did Frida Hanimov go undercover?
2:50–13:55
2
What evidence did Frida gather against the judge?
13:55
3
How did corruption affect Frida's custody battle?
0:51
4
What role did Nisim Elman play in the case?
0:51–2:50
5
What was Judge Garson's involvement in the corruption?
2:50
6
How did Frida's situation escalate with her ex-husband?
1:44–18:58
7
What was the outcome of Frida's undercover operation?
18:58–44:46
Speakers
16 identified
Frida Hanimov 21 min
Michael Vecchione 3 min
Narrator 2 min
Prosecutor 2 min
Nisim Elman 1 min
Joe Hines 1 min
Detective 1 min
Frida's lawyer 1 min
Ron Fischetti 1 min
Unidentified Friend of Taylor 1 min
Child (Unnamed) 1 min
Defense Attorney Linda Parisi
Judge
Justin Hartley
Paul Semenovsky
Jeff Coulter