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‘Challah’ and ‘tefillin’ were code words in the Chabad of Poway’s tax fraud scheme

JL;DR SUMMARY The former rabbi of Chabad of Poway, Yisroel Goldstein, and attorney Elliot Adler engaged in a tax fraud scheme using coded language, with terms like "challah" and "tefillin" to disguise fraudulent activities. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityHate CrimeChabad Of PowayCoded LanguageLegal ConsequencesYisroel GoldsteinTax FraudElliot AdlerLeadership Scandal

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Poway, California, United States
"Chabad of Poway, located near San Diego, was the site of a 2019 shooting that occurred on the last day of Passover."
San Diego, California, United States
"A San Diego attorney was sentenced in federal court for conspiring with the former rabbi of the Chabad of Poway to commit tax fraud, using coded language about wrapping tefillin to hide the pairs intentions."

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