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9 years for man who defrauded donors to Shalit, Carmel fire victims
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Tel Aviv District Court sentences a man to nine years in prison for defrauding donors who believed they were contributing to charitable causes, including a nonexistent fund to support the release of then-captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
The court says Ronen Bar Shira received over a million shekels by pretending to raise money for Shalit, who was released in a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas in 2011, and for the victims of the 2010 Carmel forest fire.
As part of his sentence, Bar Shira is required to compensate his donors and pay an additional NIS 50,000 in fines.
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