Haredi über fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein is set to plead guilty on September 3 to a set of fraud-related charges stemming from an alleged fake Facebook stock scam he committed with the help of other haredi scammers while out on bail on other fraud-related charges, a source close to the case told FailedMessiah.com today.
Above: Eliyahu Weinstein
Haredi Über Fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein, Rabbi Fred “Fishel” Todd, To Plead Guilty
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Haredi über fraudster Eliyahu Weinstein is set to plead guilty on September 3 to a set of fraud-related charges stemming from an alleged fake Facebook stock scam he committed with the help of other haredi scammers while out on bail on other fraud-related charges, a source close to the case told FailedMessiah.com today.
Weinstein pleaded guilty in that earlier case and is serving a 22-year sentence for those crimes.
Weinstein could be sentenced to 100 to 135 months in federal prison on the new charges. The sentencing judge has the option to have the sentence served concurrently with Weinstein’s current sentence or consecutively to it or some combination of the above.
Weinstein co-conspirator Rabbi Fred “Fishel” Todd, who allegedly cooperated with the government’s case against Weinstein, is allegedly set top plead guilty on September 9. He faces a sentence of 2- to 8-years. Todd, who is also an attorney, is a senior partner in Todd, Ferentz, Edelstein and Hugo with offices in California, Boston, New York, Baltimore and Florida. He founded the innovative Pirchei Shoshanim online smicha (rabbinic ordination) study program over a decade ago and serves as an official endorser of Jewish chaplains for the US military.
Another Weinstein co-conspirator, Alex Schlieder, previously pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced September 18.
Alleged Weinstein co-conspirator Aaron Mushel’s case is still ongoing.
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