Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was convicted of bribery by a Tel Aviv district court on Monday morning. In addition to Olmert, who was found guilty of two of the four charges against him stemming from his role in the Holyland complex debable, 10 of 13 former officials were convicted as well, the New York Times reports.
The controversy over the Holyland complex came to light in 2010, when it was reported that Olmert, who oversaw the Israel Land Authorities, had allowed the Jerusalem site to become more than 12 times its allotted size. According to the Times, a judge then called it “one of the worst corruption affairs in Israeli history.” In court on Monday, a judge ruled that Olmert had, with the help of his brother Yossi, funneled nearly $143,000 in shekels from Shmuel Dechner, a businessman responsible for obtaining permits.
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