{"id":133133,"date":"2020-07-19T19:15:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T03:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=133133"},"modified":"2020-07-19T19:15:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T03:15:01","slug":"lat-a-fake-congregation-and-tax-schemes-california-rabbis-years-of-fraud-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=133133","title":{"rendered":"LAT: A fake congregation and tax schemes \u2014 California rabbi\u2019s years of fraud revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-07-19\/tax-schemes-poway-synagogue-rabbi-yisroel-goldstein-fraud\">From the Los Angeles Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>After the shooting, he called for tolerance, love and forgiveness in numerous appearances and speeches. He was invited to the White House, met President Trump, and hosted Vice President Mike Pence at the Poway synagogue.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, however, he was under investigation by the federal government and had agreed to cooperate with a probe into years, perhaps decades, of serial frauds he allegedly had orchestrated. That information became public for the first time Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Los Angeles Times: After the shooting, he called for tolerance, love and forgiveness in numerous appearances and speeches. 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