Scammer owes $500G

A NONPROFIT founder who lined his pockets with money meant to fund homeless shelters must shell out more than $500,000 as part of a plea deal, prosecutors say.

Housing Bridge founder Yitzchok Leshinsky, 44, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of grand larceny for using his nonprofit to pay off personal loans. As part of the deal, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office recommended a no-jail sentence with a three-year conditional discharge.

Leshinsky must do 500 hours of community service and will be barred from seeking any city work or grants for the next 10 years.

Between 2012 and 2014, his group paid off three personal loans totaling $175,000, according to a criminal complaint. The payments were made through a Harlem hotel Housing Bridge managed for the city Department of Homeless Services, and were listed as “rent,” “maintenance” or “accounts payable,” the complaint charged.