Menachem Youlus spun wild tales of daring and adventure in which he was the kippah-wearing hero, ferreting out Nazi-purloined Torah scrolls all over Europe, but his stories were money-making fictions. On Thursday Rabbi Youlus pleaded guilty to embezzling or defrauding contributors to his “Save a Torah” charity to the tune of $862,000. Read More
The U.S. Attorney and Postal Inspection Service announced Tuesday that Eric Stein, age 53, had been arrested and charged “with running an investment scam through Return-A-Pet LLC–a Manhattan-based company he operated…” Authorities who investigated Stein’s business say he may have lined his pockets with up to a half-million dollars over the last 3 years by hoodwinking consumers into buying “sham Return-A-Pet distributorships using false and misleading advertisements.”
This is familiar territory for Eric Stein. Read More
