Rabbi who used fake identity to meet women and have sexual relations is convicted of fraud - report

A man who used a fake identity to meet women on dating sites and have sexual relations with them under false pretenses is convicted at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

Rabbi Yosef Paryzer, an American citizen who is married with children, pleads guilty on 12 counts of defrauding women, the outlet reports.

He enters the plea on the same day that the women were set to begin testifying, Kan says. An agreement has yet to be reached on his sentencing.

Paryzner used the alias “Jack Segal” on dating sites and gave false details about his life to the victims, with whom he engaged in concurrent months-long relationships.