A former senior policy adviser to President Barack Obama’s administration has been charged with child sex crimes in the United Kingdom.
Rahamim “Rami” Shai, 46, from New Jersey, appeared in Luton court last Friday after being arrested on a number of charges, including arranging a child sex crime and possessing indecent images of children. daily mail The report cited court documents.
The former Treasury official, who wore a gray prison jersey and was arrested and charged in February, was not asked to give a statement during the court hearing.
The exact details of his alleged crimes were not immediately clear, but he was remanded in custody until his next court hearing in June, the newspaper said.
Mr. Shai worked at the U.S. Treasury Department from 2008 to 2014, where he helped advise President Obama on how to counter terrorist financing by al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
According to reports, he has testified before Congressional hearings in 2009 about security issues in Afghanistan and Pakistan. sea span.
Most recently, Shai, who studied at Rutgers University and Columbia University, was hired as an executive at Citibank, but a bank official said he no longer works there.
Shai’s LinkedIn and social media accounts appear to have been deleted.
It was not immediately clear whether Shai was living in the UK at the time of his arrest, and attempts to contact him on Monday were not immediately successful.
