20.04.2013;                      10.Ijar. 5773                     Tag 25 des Omer; Acharei Mot-Kedoschim

Jüdische Welt:

N.Y. woman admits stealing $1 million from Jewish cemetery

Former director of the United Hebrew Cemetery confesses to pocketing the money over a six-year period, agrees to pay restitution.

Ilana Friedman, 51, admitted to grand larceny in Staten Island Supreme Court on Tuesday. Friedman, former director of the United Hebrew Cemetery, stole the money over a six-year period.
Friedman and her husband, Arthur, the cemetery's former president, agreed to pay $1.1 million in restitution. Arthur Friedman did not face charges of theft, DNAInfo reported, but court papers accused him of failing to oversee his wife's activities….