Sara Netanyahu Reaches Plea Bargain in Meals Fraud Case

By Staff, Agencies

Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, reached a plea bargain in a fraud case over misusing funds to order catered meals, ‘Israel’ Radio reported.

Under the agreement, she will pay $12,400 in reimbursement and a 10,000-shekel fine while admitting a lesser charge, the report said.

According to the original indictment, Sara Netanyahu, along with a government employee, fraudulently obtained more than $100,000 for hundreds of meals supplied by restaurants, bypassing regulations that prohibit the practice if a cook is employed at home.

The deal was reached in a six-month-long mediation process and will go into effect after it is ratified by a judge, the radio reported.

A spokesman for the Netanyahu family declined to comment. Prosecutors were not immediately available for comment.

Meanwhile, the prime minister is embroiled in legal woes of his own - three corruption cases in which he has denied wrongdoing - and a political crisis that could force him to call a new national election later on Wednesday.

In February, ‘Israeli’ attorney general said he intended to file fraud and bribery charges against Benjamin Netanyahu, pending a pre-trial hearing. That session is set for October.