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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 Goldstein's request, Ellis, who was at the time an employee of Qualcomm, made a $1,000 donation to Friendship Circle. Ell...

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, pyramid scammers, phony security traders — nice folk like Gina Champion-Cain. The latest basket term ...

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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 about 75% of the money he claimed he donated was returned to him, allowing Weinstock to evade more than ...