A New York rabbi has pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy charge in New Jersey's largest federal corruption sting

Mordchai Fish, the principal rabbi of Brooklyn's Congregation Sheves Achim, entered his plea in a Trenton courtroom. Prosecutors say that Fish conspired to launder approximately $900,000 he thought was criminal proceeds from Solomon Dwek, an undercover government cooperator posing as a businessman. According to court filings, Dwek gave Fish checks payable to a Jewish religious charity that the rabbi converted into cash to give back to Dwek, minus a 10% commission. Three others accused of conspiring with Fish have pleaded guilty. Fish was among 46 people, including 5 rabbis, arrested in July 2009 in the culmination of a federal investigation into money laundering and public corruption.