Liturgical and tombs - did not save from tax evasion

Seven months in prison and a fine of NIS 70 000 - This morning the sentence imposed (Monday) by the Petach Tikva Magistrate's Court on a resident of the city who organized trips to the graves of the tzaddikim, and convicted of tax evasion.

According to his confession of the accused, from 2001 to 2008 his business organized transportation packages for vacationers across the country, organizing trips to graves of the tzaddikim and organizing poetry and song evenings. For marketing the business and operating, he printed flyers, and through various synagogues published vacations at attractive prices, while making commercial uses under various names.

During the relevant period, the defendant made use of five different bank accounts, in the name of his children, to which he deposited the income derived from the business, the amount of NIS 1,184,076, to eliminate from the tax assessor.

In some cases, the defendant issued income tax invoices. The defendant did not inform the assessing officer at the beginning of the occupation. In addition, the defendant did not file any tax year of the relevant period, a report on his income, as required by the order.

In addition, during July - August 2008, the defendant destroyed all material accounting of the business and customer records attesting to his income.

The prosecution's attorney formulated a plea bargain, whereby, after the defendant's confession in the indictment and conviction against him, to plead the state to impose on him a penalty of imprisonment for up to eight months, while the defense plead imprisonment for a period not less than 4 months, and run community service.

It was also agreed between the parties that they will appeal jointly to impose a suspended sentence at the discretion of the court and that each party will claim as they see fit concerning the fine. It was also agreed between the parties that the defendant will be referred to the Commissioner of community service to obtain an opinion regarding the patentability serve community service sentence, if imposed on him.

In sentencing arguments, counsel was accusing the gravity of the offenses and the circumstances of their execution. When the defendant systematically omitted income of 1.2 million shekels for more than eight years, and destroyed documents that constitute the evidentiary basis for it.

Judge Deborah Attar imposed on the defendant seven months in jail, 12 months probation and a fine of 70 thousand shekels or nine months in prison for it. His lawyers sought to delay the decision, and expressed a desire to appeal.

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