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Ex-treasurer admits stealing more than $600G from synagogue

Isaac Zucker, 49, of Woodmere, has pleaded guilty

Photo credit: NCPD | Isaac Zucker, 49, of Woodmere, has pleaded guilty to charges he stole more than $600,000 from Congregation Aish Kodesh, a synagogue in Woodmere, while he was treasurer. He'll be sentenced in April. (June 29, 2011)

The now-ousted treasurer of a Five Towns synagogue pleaded guilty Friday to swindling more than $600,000 from his congregation, prosecutors said.

Isaac Zucker, 49, admitted that he wired money from the accounts of the congregation, Aish Kodesh of Woodmere, into his own, according to prosecutors.

At sentencing, on April 9, Zucker -- an attorney by trade from Woodmere -- faces up to 7...

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