Rabbi pleads guilty in UC San Diego donation fraud scheme

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A rabbi who directed Chabad House at the University of California, San Diego has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a donation fraud scheme — one of several orchestrated by another rabbi who was sentenced this month for stealing millions of dollars.

Yehuda Hadjadj entered the plea Wednesday in federal court.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the rabbi conspired to defraud a Qualcomm program that matched employee donations for certain charitable groups.

Prosecutors say the scheme netted about $40,000.

It was one of several involving Yisroel Goldstein of the Chabad of Poway synagogue.

Goldstein is serving a 14-month prison term.