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SAN DIEGO — Jason Ellis of Poway pleaded guilty in federal court today to filing a false tax return as part of a years long tax-evasion scheme with former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. Until around 2018, Rabbi Goldstein was the director and head rabbi at Chabad of Poway, a tax-exempt religious organization. Goldstein also operated several non-profit entities affiliated with the Chabad, including the Friendship Circle of San Diego. Beginning in 2008, at Rabbi Goldsteins request, El...

Stuart Weinstock avoided paying more than $180,000 in taxes in a scheme in which Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein would return majority of large donations

Anyone’s stash will do. White-collar criminals come in all sizes and styles, but they share a motive: to steal money. Anyone’s stash will do. According to the FBI, they are experts at “deceit, concealment, [and] violation of trust.” Of the lot, the most complex to prosecute and the likeliest to weasel a light or “deferred” sentence are the fraudsters whose open secret is to appear legitimate: the neighborly crook, the good egg from church. Money launderers, work-site embezzlers, pyr...

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Escondido man pleads guilty to tax evasion scheme involving Poway rabbi Courtsey and last updated 2021-02-02 20:43:00-05 SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An Escondido man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of filing a false tax return, marking the tenth defendant to admit a role thus far in a series of fraud schemes involving former Chabad of Poway rabbi Yisroel Goldstein. Stuart Weinstock, 64, admitted to making fraudulent donations to the Chabad of Poway over an eight-year span. Prosecutors say abou...