By, Charlotte Oliver
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By, Charlotte Oliver
A fraudster jailed after stealing from his in-laws, and who allegedly stole thousands of pounds from a community eruv fund, has pleaded that his family should not be treated as "guilty by association".
Dan Jacobs wrote to the JC this week from his prison cell in Wormwood Scrubs, after being sentenced last month to five years behind bars for five counts of fraud. He stole £120,573 from his wife's parents and elderly grandmother to fund his gambling addiction.
He is also alleged to have stolen £40,000 from the trust established to oversee the construction of the Elstree & Borehamwood eruv, after acting as its company secretary.
In his letter he admitted: "My actions are nothing to be proud of, wrong, almost barbaric. What I did to my own family was something people won't ever be able to imagine." But he added: "My family, my wife and children are victims and not guilty by association. It is because of my actions that, for example, my son will have to celebrate his barmitzvah without his father present."
