Son of Dead Sea Scrolls Expert Is Convicted
The son of a prominent professor at the University of Chicago was convicted on Thursday of impersonating a New York University professor and other scholars who disagreed with his father’s theories on the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Jurors took half a day to find the son, Raphael Haim Golb, a 50-year-old real estate lawyer, guilty on 30 of 31 counts, including identity theft, criminal impersonation and aggravated harassment....
Prosecutors contended that Mr. Golb had established e-mail accounts pretending to be Lawrence H. Schiffman, the N.Y.U. professor, and sent messages to university officials making a fabricated admission of plagiarism.
Mr. Golb testified that the e-mails were merely parodies, but he maintained that he did believe Professor Schiffman had plagiarized from his father, Norman Golb. Professor Schiffman denied those accusations....
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Jurors took half a day to find the son, Raphael Haim Golb, a 50-year-old real estate lawyer, guilty on 30 of 31 counts, including identity theft, criminal impersonation and aggravated harassment....
Prosecutors contended that Mr. Golb had established e-mail accounts pretending to be Lawrence H. Schiffman, the N.Y.U. professor, and sent messages to university officials making a fabricated admission of plagiarism.
Mr. Golb testified that the e-mails were merely parodies, but he maintained that he did believe Professor Schiffman had plagiarized from his father, Norman Golb. Professor Schiffman denied those accusations....