UPDATE:: Rabbi gets prison for stealing millions from special needs kidsThe 42-count indictment of grand larceny charges the four men with stealing $12.4 million in city and state education funds between 2005 and 2012, a theft allegedly picked up on by state auditors.
A Queens rabbi who admitted to stealing $5 million from special needs students has been sentenced to up to three years in prison.
Rabbi Samuel Hiller — the former head of one of the city’s largest providers of resources for pre-schoolers with disabilities — will also have to cough up $1 million in restitution and forfeit over $1 million in seized assets as part of a plea deal. The former assistant director of Island Child Development Center also agreed to shell out $3 million more at a later date.
Hiller, 59, copped to charges of first-degree grand larceny in April as part of a plea deal, which he admitted to siphoning city and state funds destined for three to five-year-olds with special needs.
As 1010 WINS’ Juliet Papa reported, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s audit found all kinds of improprieties.
“They basically overcharged and falsified records, and then took the money and spent it on other purposes that were personally enriching to these individuals,” DiNapoli said.
It’s charged that Rabbi Hiller diverted $8 million to religious camps and Orthodox schools, including the private girls’ academy where he worked as principal.
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It’s further charged that the rabbi diverted $30,000 of the money to have plumbing work done on his home.
Bail for the four men ranged from $200,000 to $500,000. Three posted bond immediately, Slattery reported.
Rabbi, 3 Others Accused Of Stealing $12.4 Million In Education Funds « CBS New York
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