Way back in January of 2010, I noted in passing a WP article about Rabbi Menachem Youlus and his “Save a Torah” foundation. Rabbi Youlus claimed to have traveled to Europe repeatedly in order to rescue Torahs that had been misplaced or lost during the Holocaust; the WP suggested that his claims were more than a little exaggerated.
There’s an update:
A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday sentenced Youlus to 51 months in prison, plus three years probation, for defrauding contributors to his Save a Torah Foundation and peddling scrolls with bogus Holocaust provenance. He also was ordered to pay $990,366.05 in restitution to his victims.
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