{"id":4842,"date":"2008-09-12T07:28:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2008-09-12T07:28:13","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T15:28:13","slug":"artscroll-author-and-convicted-felon-rabbi-leib-pinter-pleads-guilty-to-theft-faces-up-to-20-years-of-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=4842","title":{"rendered":"Artscroll author and convicted felon Rabbi Leib Pinter pleads guilty to theft faces up to 20 years of prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From JWB:<\/p>\n<p>Artscroll author and convicton felon Rabbi Leib Pinter <br \/>\n( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Authors\/Rabbi_Leib_Pinter.html\">http:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Authors\/Rabbi_Leib_Pinter.html<\/a>  )<br \/>\npleads guilty to criminal charges yet again and faces going back to jail  yet again &#8230; this time for up to 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Pinter plead guilty on  Thursday to conspiring to commit fraud in a $44 million theft of payoff proceeds  for refinanced mortgage loans funded by Fannie Mae. Rabbi Pinter admitted  pocketing the payoff proceeds for 257 mortgages his company serviced. Rabbi  Pinter faces a maximum sentence of up to 20 years on the charge, but the  sentencing guidelines as part of the plea agreement call for a prison term of 10  years and one month or less. The sentencing was scheduled for December  19.<\/p>\n<p>This is of course the Rabbi who helped spearhead the campaign to  smear the zoo rabbi.<br \/>\nsee: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zootorah.org\/controversy\/account.html\">http:\/\/www.zootorah.org\/controversy\/account.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A.  Past guilt:<br \/>\n1) Multiple articles at: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/archivesearch?hl=en&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;um=1&amp;tab=wn&amp;q=%22leib+pinter%22\">http:\/\/news.google.com\/archivesearch?hl=en&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;um=1&amp;tab=wn&amp;q=%22leib+pinter%22<\/a><br \/>\n2)  Salami and Cheese Put In a &#8216;Kosher&#8217; Sandwich<br \/>\nNew York Times<br \/>\nFebruary 20,  1978<\/p>\n<p>Salami and Cheese Put In a &#8216;Kosher&#8217; Sandwhich<br \/>\nWhen Representative  Elizabeth Hotlzman first started investigating complaints about the B&#8217;nai Torah  Institute&#8217;s operation of a summer feeding program, a Queens woman telephoned the  Congresswoman&#8217;s assistant, Elizabeth Lang, to describe the &quot;Kosher&quot; food she was  receiving from the Queens Assistance Program, a B&#8217;nai Torah  affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>The woman said she specifically requested kosher food, but  salami and cheese sandwiches were delivered to her site &#8211; a clear violation of  Jewish laws that forbid the consumption of meat with dairy products.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;She  told me she called the program and they put the &#8216;Rabbi&#8217; on,&quot; Miss Lang recalled.  &quot;The Rabbi said, &#8216;if it&#8217;s kosher salami and kosher cheese, it&#8217;s a kosher  sandwich.&#8217;&quot;<\/p>\n<p>3)<br \/>\nRabbi Pleads Guilty To Bribing of Flood<br \/>\nWashington  Post<br \/>\nMay 12, 1978<br \/>\nCharles R. Babcock, Washington Post Staff  Writer<\/p>\n<p>A Brooklyn rabbi pleaded guilty yesterday to paying more than  $5,000 in bribes to Rep. Daniel J. Flood (D-Pa.) for the congressman&#8217;s help in  obtaining federal contracts for his Jewish poverty agency.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Leib  Pinter, 34, head of B&#8217;Nai Torah Institute in New York, told a federal judge in  Manhattan that he paid Flood about $1,000 at least five times between late 1974  and early 1976.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>B. Present Guilt:<\/p>\n<p>4) The indictment<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdoj.gov\/usao\/nye\/pr\/2008\/2008may08.html\">http:\/\/www.usdoj.gov\/usao\/nye\/pr\/2008\/2008may08.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5)  The guilty plea<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/bondsNews\/idUSN1117127920080911\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/bondsNews\/idUSN1117127920080911<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/09122008\/news\/regionalnews\/44_mil_fannie_fleecer_128764.htm\">http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/09122008\/news\/regionalnews\/44_mil_fannie_fleecer_128764.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From JWB: Artscroll author and convicton felon Rabbi Leib Pinter ( http:\/\/www.artscroll.com\/Authors\/Rabbi_Leib_Pinter.html ) pleads guilty to criminal charges yet again and faces going back to jail yet again &#8230; this time for up to 20 years. 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