Officials: Synagogue treasurer stole $612G
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Isaac Zucker, 47, of Woodmere and the treasurer of a Woodmere synagogue, is led out of Nassau County police headquarters in Mineola to be arraigned on a larceny charge. (June 29, 2011)
The long-trusted treasurer of a Woodmere synagogue was charged Wednesday with embezzling more than $600,000 from the congregation.
Isaac Zucker, 47, of Westwood Road in Woodmere, is accused of transferring money between February of 2008 and this month from Congregation Aish Kodesh's coffers, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Azriel Ganz, the synagogue's board chairman, said the funds were...
LI synagogue treasurer accused of $600G theft
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