2 Rabbis Charged in Money Laundering
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Two Orthodox rabbis and 10 others laundered $750,000 in drug profits for Colombian dealers through a yeshiva and a synagogue, federal prosecutors said. Rabbis Mahir Reiss, 47, and Bernard Grunfeld, 67, were each released on $750,000 bond secured by property. The rabbis conspired with 10 other people to launder the drug profits, according to the complaint signed by Howard Campbell, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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