A-G to give the former public officials a last chance to plead their case at a special pre-indictment hearing.
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| Faina Kirschenbaum. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/ THE JERUSALEM POST) |
Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit announced Monday that he will likely indict former Yisrael Beytenu ministers Stas Meseznikov and Faina Kirschenbaum and 14 others for bribery, fraud, money-laundering and, in one case, drug offenses.
Meseznikov was tourism minister and Faina Kirschenbaum was deputy interior minister until the scandal broke in December 2014. The 14 others include former ministry CEOs and former heads of quasi-governmental bodies and regional councils.Other suspects may still be indicted beyond the 16 already in Mandelblit’s crosshairs.
Mandelblit said they will have a last chance to plead their case at a special pre-indictment hearing before him as former public officials.
Already in October 2015, the police recommended indictments to the prosecution, saying there was evidence of criminal offenses against more than a dozen public officials, including the two former Yisrael Beytenu MKs.
The primary charges include evidence of bribery, fraud, money laundering, and breach of trust, falsifying documents, and obstruction of justice from 2009-2014.
Meseznikov stands accused of bribery, fraud, breach of trust and illegal drug smuggling and use. Kirschenbaum is suspected of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, falsifying documents, and money laundering.
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