Something stinks on Staten Island. Law enforcement officials have charged the acting president of a Staten Island Jewish cemetery of embezzling $2 million — less than a year after his predecessor’s wife admitted to stealing over $1 million from the same cemetery. Timothy Griffin was arrested February 10 on charges of felony grand larceny. He…
A woman who pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Staten Island Jewish cemetery paid $1.1 million in restitution as part of a civil settlement agreement, and was sentenced this week to five years’ probation. Ilana Friedman, a paid board member who together with her husband Arthur Friedman operated and controlled…
A top official at a Staten Island Jewish cemetery admitted looting the institution of $1 million, diverting fees for headstones and plots to personal expenses including dinners, jewelry, theater tickets and even Costco bills. Ilana Friedman, 51, was the No. 2 administrator at the United Hebrew Cemetery while she carried out the scheme alongside her…
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