Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, who was convicted on charges of bribery, attempted bribery and obstruction of justice in a plea bargain, was sentenced on Tuesday to one year in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 1 million shekels ($260,000).
The sentencing of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto will be given on Tuesday of next week, as the sentencing phase was extended today (Sunday) by the Tel Aviv District Court.
The sentencing phase of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto’s trial has begun arduously for the defense, after Pinto pleaded guilty earlier this month to bribing a senior police official.
A day after his conviction on bribery charges, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, head of the Shuvu Yisrael sect, told followers that his suffering would save the Jewish people from “a difficult judgment. We accept everything with love and the knowledge that the patience we have had in the past years cause a ‘sweetened judgment’ for the…
The Shuvu Yisrael sect heavily defended its leader Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto on Tuesday, hours after he was convicted for bribery and corruption in the Tel Aviv District Court.
The Tel Aviv District Court convicted Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, head of the Shuvu Yisrael sect, on Tuesday morning, after he confessed to bribery as part of a plea bargain.
Tel Aviv – Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto landed in Israel on Monday morning and was immediately taken to the hospital complaining of chest pain.