Criminal
Dec. 23, 2009
Jewish Leader Gets Two Years
The spiritual leader of a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Hasidic sect within Orthodox Judaism was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Monday for operating a long-running tax fraud that a federal judge called "breathtaking in its scope and duration."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The spiritual leader of a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Hasidic sect within Orthodox Judaism was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Monday for operating a long-running tax fraud that a federal judge called "breathtaking in its scope and duration."
Naftali Tzi Weisz, the grand rabbi of Spinka, apologized to U.S. District Judge John F. Walter for his crimes. Weis...
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