Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Will Not See Early Release
The Central District Court decided that Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, head of Mosdot Shuva Israel, will not be released early.
The Central District Court decided that Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, head of Mosdot Shuva Israel, will not be released early.
The sentencing of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto will be given on Tuesday of next week, as the sentencing phase was extended today (Sunday) by the Tel Aviv District Court.
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, who was convicted on charges of bribery, attempted bribery and obstruction of justice in a plea bargain, was sentenced on Tuesday to one year in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 1 million shekels ($260,000).
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto has submitted a request for pardon, Channel 10 reports Tuesday, just two months after beginning his jail sentence for corruption.
The Lod District Court on Monday gave permission for Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto head of the Shuvu Yisrael sect who is currently serving a year in jail for bribery and corruption to be released to take part in the wedding of his brother.
Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto made a series of strange remarks about the suicide of former National Fraud Unit chief Brig. Gen. Ephraim Bracha last week, seemingly stating to his followers that he had further evidence surrounding the circumstances of Bracha’s death.
In another day, the leader of the “Shuva Yisrael” organization, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, will appear before the parole board to request an early release from prison, to which he has been sentenced for one year.
The sentencing phase of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto’s trial has begun arduously for the defense, after Pinto pleaded guilty earlier this month to bribing a senior police official.
The Tel Aviv District Court convicted Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto, head of the Shuvu Yisrael sect, on Tuesday morning, after he confessed to bribery as part of a plea bargain.
Former Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, who admitted to taking bribes in millions of shekels as well as tax offenses, submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court about the four-and-a-half year prison sentence imposed on him by the District Court.