She accused her rabbi ex-husband of sinning with hookers — but was not without sin herself, authorities say.
Amora Rachelle, 35, was busted on fraud and grand larceny charges for practicing psychology without a state license, Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice said today.
Earlier this year, Rachelle went to court with video showing her ex-hubby, prominent Bellmore rabbi Avraham Rabinowich, trysting with hookers at a seedy Queens hotel.
Rabinowich said the video was a set up orchestrated by Rachelle in 2006 with the help of a private investigator.
Rachelle tried unsuccessfully to use the video as leverage in a bitter child custody dispute.
Now the shoe is on the other foot, with Rice calling Rachelle “a con artist who built her medical practice on lies and greed.”
Nassau officials accuse Rachelle of lying and stealing from insurance companies and from her patients through her bogus psychology practice run out of her Atlantic Beach home.
Rachelle has a Ph.D in psychology from Yeshiva University and had a state permit allowing her to practice under the supervision of another psychologist.
But that permit barred her from practicing on her own, Rice said. And in December 2009, the state denied Rachelle a full psychology license.
Nonetheless, from 2008 to 2010, Rachelle illegally saw patients — and once billed auto insurer GEICO $3,400 for treating a car crash victim, the DA’s office said.
Other insurance companies refused to pay for Rachelle’s services, leaving her patients on the hook for $8,000 in out-of-pocket expenses.
Also, in February 2009, Rachelle lied about her qualifications when she applied to state court officials for a position on a panel of court-appointed psychologists.
Rachelle was prominent in Long Island’s Jewish community, and even produced a regular radio program on health and wellness distributed on the Orthodox Union’s Web site.
In the last few months, Rachelle had moved to the Los Angeles area, and advertised herself on the Web as a specialist “in stress management, relationships, health and wellness.”
In an email to The Post, Rachelle said, “I’m not guilty. I have always followed the law.”