Phony 'Jewish Indiana Jones' Rabbi Goes to Jail

Fake Torah-Hunting Rabbi Starts Federal Sentence

A Baltimore rabbi dubbed the ‘Jewish Indiana Jones’ for his supposed efforts hunting down torahs lost in the Holocaust, has begun a four-year federal prison sentence for fraud.

Menachem Youlus began serving a 51-month prison sentence last month at the federal correctional institution (FCI) in Otisville, N.Y., the Baltimore Jewish Times reported. Convicted of two counts of fraud in a Manhattan federal court on Oct. 11, Youlus is set to be behind bars until 2016, although he could be freed earlier.

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