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Menashe Arviv

Former Israel Police Maj. Gen. Menashe Arviv at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court on December 19, 2018. (Flash90)
December 19, 2018, 10:30 am
Former top police officer gets community service for failing to report bribe
Menashe Arviv also receives 4-month suspended sentence for hiding his close ties to a prominent rabbi convicted of bribery
By ToI Staff
Menashe Arviv announces his retirement from the Israel Police, February 9, 2014 (screen capture: Channel 2)
February 22, 2018, 3:31 pm
Former top graft investigator convicted of failing to report bribery attempts
Retired deputy commissioner Menashe Arviv, one-time head of Lahav 433 anti-fraud unit, strikes plea bargain over corrupt ties to ex-con rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto
By ToI Staff
Menashe Arviv announces his retirement from the Israel Police, February 9, 2014 (screen capture: Channel 2)
March 5, 2017, 9:22 pm
Ex-head of police anti-corruption unit indicted for corruption
Police allege that Menashe Arviv established a 3-year-long mutually beneficial relationship with disgraced Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto
By Jacob Magid
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto seen entering Nitzan prison on February 16, 2016, beginning a one year prison term. (Flash90)
January 25, 2017, 9:39 am
Popular rabbi convicted of bribery released from prison
Yoshiyahu Pinto set free after completing one-year sentence for bribing a senior police official
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto arrives to testify in Jerusalem District Court on August 1, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 3, 2016, 11:19 am
Supreme Court upholds denial of parole for celebrity rabbi
Judge determines Yoshiyahu Pinto failed to comply with required therapy sessions; doesn’t rule out medical furlough from prison
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto seen entering Nitzan prison on February 16, 2016, beginning a one year prison term. (Flash90)
September 29, 2016, 4:55 pm
Court quashes parole board decision to free celebrity rabbi
Panel ‘failed to adequately consider’ case of Yoshiyahu Pinto, in jail for bribing police official, judges rule; lawyers to appeal
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto arrives to testify in Jerusalem District Court on August 1, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 26, 2016, 12:12 pm
Court to rule on early prison release for high-powered rabbi
Prosecution says parole board decision to free fraudster Yoshiyahu Pinto failed to give ‘appropriate weight’ to facts
By Sue Surkes
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto seen in the Tel Aviv District Court on April 14, 2015. (Flash90)
September 19, 2016, 7:06 pm
Rabbi jailed for corruption wins early release due to ill health
Cancer-struck celebrity cleric Pinto to go free 3 months early; says he wants to repent for corruption that landed him in prison
By Sue Surkes
File: Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, center, arrives the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 16, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2016, 7:53 am
Celebrity rabbi Pinto set to enter prison for bribery conviction
Popular kabbalist to begin one-year term in medical center of Ramle’s Nitzan Prison, tells followers spirit won’t be broken
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, in hat, leaves the Supreme Court in Jerusalem after appealing his sentence, November 16, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 14, 2016, 6:33 pm
Convicted kabbalist rabbi okayed to serve time in medical facility
Yoshiyahu Pinto to be jailed in clinic in Ramle prison; will begin one-year sentence on Tuesday
By ToI Staff and Sue Surkes
Menashe Arviv announces his retirement from the Israel Police, February 9, 2014 (screen capture: Channel 2)
January 28, 2016, 9:29 pm
Ex-head of police anti-corruption unit facing graft charges
A-G seeks indictments for Menashe Arviv, who allegedly received cash from celebrity rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto
By Sue Surkes and ToI Staff
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, in hat, leaves the Supreme Court in Jerusalem after appealing his sentence, November 16, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2016, 1:46 pm
Supreme Court rejects kabbalist rabbi’s bribery appeal
Yoshiyahu Pinto to report to prison next month over case that rocked police, saw suicide of top anti-corruption cop
By Sue Surkes
File: Eran Malka at the Jerusalem District Court on June 10, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 10, 2015, 2:12 pm
Senior police officer convicted in major corruption scandal
Eran Malka found guilty in far-reaching investigation wracking Israel’s police leadership; another top cop implicated in case
By Avi Lewis
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (R) seen in the Tel Aviv District Court, May 3, 2015. (photo credit: Flash90)
May 12, 2015, 9:32 am
Popular rabbi sentenced to a year in prison
Yoshiyahu Pinto will pay NIS 1 million over bribery conviction, is expected to turn state’s evidence against senior cop
By Stuart Winer
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto seen in the Tel Aviv District Court, April 14, 2015. (photo credit: Flash90)
April 14, 2015, 11:06 am
Popular rabbi convicted of bribery in plea bargain
Yoshiyahu Pinto to give evidence against former top police officer in exchange for reduced sentence
By Stuart Winer
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