SAN DIEGO—Former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Jan. 4 for engaging in a series of fraudulent schemes, most notably a tax fraud in which supposed charitable donations made to the synagogue were funneled back to donors.
Goldstein, 60, was also ordered to pay nearly $3 million in restitution to victims, which include the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and companies that matched donations their employees made to the Chabad.
