Israel – Israel’s state prosecutor indicted four new immigrants from France on Wednesday for allegedly running a major international scam costing five European companies about 9.1 million euros, or over $10 million.
Suspected organized crime figures Meir and Yitzhak Abergil boarded a U.S. federal plane on Wednesday headed for the United States, more than two years after the first request for their extradition.
The Beersheva district court ruled Thursday that Asher Dahan, who murdered Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira in 2011, will not be deemed to have been insane at the time of his act.
Israeli police said on Sunday they have arrested several Jewish suspects over an arson attack last month at a shrine where Christians believe Jesus performed the miracle of loaves and fishes.
Two Israeli men, described by authorities as Jewish extremists, were charged on Wednesday with torching part of a church at the site where Christians believe Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and fishes.
The Supreme Court on Sunday rejected the appeals of six former rabbinate officials who were convicted of aggravated fraud, use of forged documents, money laundering and bribery in 2014.
Ofer Nimrodi, the former publisher, editor-in-chief and one of the owners of Israeli daily newspaper Maariv, and a very well-known Israeli businessman, was arrested Monday for allegedly bribing attorney Ronel Fisher.
The Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office Civil Division sued a range of haredi-linked entities known as “Kehillat Hamatmidim” and their owners for NIS 52,236,952 million for allegedly defrauding the state into paying them subsidies, including forging 1500 false ID cards.
25-year-old Elisa Zamlen and her partner, 30-year-old Alexander Radin, were charged with a slew of prostitution-related crimes on Sunday.
Police and the Israel Prison Service are searching for convicted contract killer Yaron Sankar, who they say disappeared from his room at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center on Sunday night..
