United Hebrew Cemetery

Former N.Y. Jewish cemetery head pleads guilty to embezzling $1.9 million

A lawyer has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $2 million from the Staten Island Jewish cemetery he was running in the aftermath of a smaller embezzlement scandal there.

February 4, 2015 12:03 pm

N.Y. Jewish cemetery allegedly ripped off again

The overseer of a nonprofit New York cemetery who took control after the former operators were indicted for embezzlement was charged with stealing nearly $2 million.

February 11, 2014 6:14 am

N.Y. cemetery embezzler pays restitution, gets five years’ probation

A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a New York Jewish cemetery paid $1.1 million in restitution as part of a civil settlement agreement and was sentenced to five years’ probation.

November 1, 2013 6:55 am