A Chasidic rabbi from Brooklyn and his brother pled guilty to charges of laundering drug money from Colombia and the Dominican Republic through two Jewish institutions. Rabbi Mahir Reiss faces a possible four years in jail; his brother, Abraham, faces three years. Another man charged in the case pled guilty to similar charges last week.
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