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3 more N.Y. men sentenced in torture-for-hire plot to force divorce

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The three were nabbed along with seven others in an FBI sting two years ago during a torture-for-hire operation that crossed state lines.

Three more New York men who were involved in a bizarre plot to violently coerce an Orthodox husband to give his wife a religious divorce were sentenced in federal court Thursday. 

The three were nabbed along with seven others in an FBI sting two years ago during a torture-for-hire operation that crossed state lines from New York to a warehouse in Edison.

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Avrohom Goldstein, 36, was sentenced to 45 month in prison by U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson in Trenton, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said.

The Brooklyn man also admitted to a similar plot in 2011 where he and others restrained and assaulted another recalcitrant husband and his roommate to extort a divorce, Fishman said in a release.

Ariel Potash, 42, of Monsey, N.Y., was given a 14-month prison sentence, while one of the other conspirators, Sholom Shuchat, of Brooklyn, was sentenced to time served, according to the release. 

All three will also serve two years of probation.

Moshe Goldstein, Avrohom's brother, was sentenced Monday to four years in prison. On Tuesday, two other Brooklyn men were sentenced to more than three years in federal prison. 

The remaining participants in the interstate scheme will be sentenced the week of Dec. 14.

Craig McCarthy may be reached at CMcCarthy@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @createcraig. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

 

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