Feds: Brooklyn yeshiva will pay $8M in fines, restitution after 'overlapping frauds'
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A Hasidic school in Brooklyn will pay $5 million in fines after it was caught stealing millions of dollars from government programs - much of it meant to provide free meals to students in need, according to federal prosecutors.The Central United Talmudic Academy, which serves more than 5,000 students in Williamsburg, agreed to the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement on Monday, which included an additional $3 million the school has already paid in restitution.
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