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Midwood Fraudster Ordered To Pay $520,000 For Using Phony Charity Ring As Piggy Bank

Yaakov Weingarten (Source: vosizneias.com)A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge ordered Midwood Rabbi Yaakov Weingarten and his wife, Rivka, to pay more than $520,000 for setting up phony not-for-profit organizations claiming to benefit Israel and then using the donations as their personal piggy bank. The Weingartens were busted last

Attorney General Shuts Down Midwood-Based Israel Charity Ring, Saying Owner Used It As Piggy Bank

Yaakov Weingarten (Source: vosizneias.com)A Midwood-based charitable fundraising operation purporting to benefit Israel-related causes was shut down last week, after Attorney general Eric Schneiderman unveiled criminal charges against its operators for allegedly funneling millions of dollars into his own pockets. The ring, operated out of a call center at