Edited sentence: Chabad in Australia has been under investigation by Australia's Royal Commission regarding sexual abuse of students at Chabad schools.Chabad misappropriated funds in the U.Feldman sparked a "storm of protest" among Jewish leaders, and resigned his post at Yeshiva Center, which houses Chabad.In February 2015, a senior Chabad rabbi who is also son of Chabad's chief rabbi in Sydney, was removed as representative of the New York-based organization as the fallout continues from  the child sex abuse scandal.Manny Waks is a leader of a victims group seeking justice.Rabbi Yosef Feldman, the Sydney Yeshivah Center's former director, was dismissed following comments to the Royal Commissions, suggesting that pedophiles who had refrained from sex crimes for two decades should be treated with leniency.The funds were to be used for enhancing security and instead, Chabad used the money to pay for a variety of purposes, including payroll and utility bills.The judge involved imposed triple damages.from the Homeland Security Department and will be fined $ 850, 000