On Thursday, August 17, the district court in Jerusalem sentenced former Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron to 12 months' imprisonment and a fine of 250,000 shekels.
In May, Bakshi-Doron was convicted of fraud and fraud, which he made, as chief rabbi.
The indictment against Bakshi-Doron was filed back in 2012, under "Cases rabbis", but then it has been allocated in a separate process.
According to the investigation, Itzhak Ohana, who was in charge in the Chief Rabbinate for licensing Rabbis Meir Rosenthal, a college employee "Darko Oraa" Aaron Gotsner, Chief Rabbi of the Northern District Police have issued bogus certificates Rabbi 1,500 staff of the IDF, police and other security services in the period from 1999 Up to the year 2003. With these certificates, "rabbis" have received substantial pay raises ranging from two to four thousand a month, and in the future can count on an increased pension. According to the investigation, the question of the chief of the department of licensing rabbis that make bogus statements, Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron ordered to give security officer certificate rabbis, "ignoring the individual deviations from the requirements." Thus, with his "blessing" the issuance of fictitious certificates was put on stream.