The nation’s top experts — on all sides of the political aisle, entirely volunteer — say lifelong volunteer & entrepreneur Ari Teman was unjustly convicted and caged by a corrupt judge. That judge now faces two Articles of Impeachment.
Harvard Law professors, SCOTUS-winning attorneys, Rabbis, and community leaders — all volunteering pro-bono, across the political spectrum — have demanded justice for Ari.
Harvard Law professors, a SCOTUS-winning attorney, Rabbis, and community leaders — all volunteering pro-bono, across the political spectrum — have written directly to the President and the Attorney General.
The idea that a business contracting with another business can be rendered a criminal simply because the other party didn’t read the contract is not the law. I cannot see how a crime was committed. I do not understand how this prosecution was allowed.
Prof. Lawrence LessigHarvard Law School · Pro-bono
Young prosecutors arrested a vendor based on the lie of one of NYC’s “Worst Landlords” and when he refused to plea, they lied to the judge, hid evidence, and suborned perjury to cover it up.
Lois WeissNY Post · The Real Deal · BetweenTheBricks
The unjust conviction of Mr. Teman on the basis of standard online terms creates a real danger for online businesses that is not justified by statute and threatens all e-commerce enterprises.
Ron Coleman, Esq.SCOTUS-winning attorney · Pro-bono
Are these rogue prosecutors of the sort that have become the bane of the American judicial system? It shouldn’t only be the hoax prosecutions of political figures that attract our attention.
Rabbi S. Pruzansky, Esq.RCA · 13-year SDNY litigator · Pro-bono
His conviction constitutes a miscarriage of justice… evidence I have reviewed does not prove a crime or criminal intent. It is, at bottom, a business dispute that should have been resolved in civil court.
Prof. Alan DershowitzHarvard Law School · Letter to the President & AG · Pro-bono
Ari built JCorps International from the ground up — entirely as an unpaid volunteer — creating what The Jewish Week called the pioneering “Social Volunteering™” movement. Named JFNA’s Jewish Community Hero of the Year.
Also volunteers with Chabad, FIDF, United Hatzalah, Friendship Circle, and Shalva. Volunteered at the Surfside collapse with the IDF.
Visit JCorps.org →Highest honor for a Jewish community volunteer — Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA).
Friend or Fraud named top-6 cybersecurity startup in Israel by Visa Europe.
BBC with Stephen Fry, NBC Today Show, CBS, ABC, FOX, Australia’s Studio 10, Israel’s Channel 10.
“36 Under 36” by The Jewish Week. Official guest of the White House and Mayor Bloomberg.
12gurus:Health and 12gurus:Charity featured by TED — over a million online viewers.
These Are Humans, Effective Gratitude. Founded GateGuard, GatherGrid, SubletSpy.
On Election Day 2016, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency profiled Ari Teman as a Jewish Trump voter, praising the President as a powerful supporter of Israel before it was fashionable to say so publicly.
“Trump is the biggest supporter and friend of Israel that has run for president of the United States in decades.” — Ari Teman, JTA, Nov. 8, 2016Read the JTA profile (November 8, 2016) →

Ari Teman is a lifelong volunteer, entrepreneur, inventor, artist, and comedian who has devoted his life to building organizations, technologies, and community — most of it without compensation.
Named JFNA’s Jewish Community Hero of the Year for founding JCorps International — a 7-city volunteer network he ran entirely unpaid. Patent-holding inventor of GateGuard (AI Doorman), Friend or Fraud (top-6 cyber startup, Visa Europe), and more. He lives in Miami Beach with his puppy Tzahala.
Legal expenses have topped $1.7 million defending an innocent man from an unjust prosecution. Tax-deductible donations managed by attorney Emmanuelle Subar and Chabad via GoFundMe.
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