All I can say is that he was a son of the Solobodker Illuy in Brownsville. I remember a shiur by the RY Rav AYHP who said that causing a stumbling block for someone requires Teshuva. We learn that out from Yaakov sending Yoseph to check on his brothers. The shiur may be on Utube on וישלחהו מעמק חברון.
