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He Was Injured In A Terrorist Attack On A Synagogue. Now He’s Pleading Guilty To Fraud After Collecting Donations.

Ashe Schow
He Was Injured In A Terrorist Attack On A Synagogue. Now He’s Pleading Guilty To Fraud After Collecting Donations.
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The leader of a Southern California synagogue founded in 1986 and who was shot in the hand during a terrorist attack in 2019 has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud.

The Associated Press reported that Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was injured in the 2019 attack on the Chabad of Poway pleaded guilty Tuesday and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Prosecutors will likely recommend probation, the outlet reported, as part of the plea deal.

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