A New Jersey rabbi faces five years in prison for a $1.5 million international money-laundering scheme that stretched to Japan and Uganda

Rabbi Eliahu Ben Haim appeared before U.S. District Judge Joel Pisano in Trenton and admitted involvement in the scheme, which also snared 44 other individuals. Ben Haim admitted that he laundered the money for developer Solomon Dwek, sending the funds to Israel, Japan, China, Turkey and Uganda before bringing them back to the United States for a 10% commission.