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New York City Jail Chaplain Fined for Accepting Bribe, Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2013, page 34
A politically-connected New York City jail chaplain was fined for accepting a gift from a prisoner’s family, then charged with stealing federal housing funds in an unrelated case. He was ordered to serve 45 days in federal prison.Rabbi Leib Glanz, 54, admitted accepting a silver wine goblet and plate ...
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