TRENTON, New Jersey: The spiritual leader for the Syrian Jewish community in the United States pleaded guilty Monday to operating an illegal money transfer business, as part of a massive federal probe into international money laundering and political corruption in New Jersey.
Saul Kassin, the chief rabbi of Congregation Sharee Zion in Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized money transmitting, and agreed to forfeit nearly $370,000 to the government.
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