The Israeli Supreme Court convicted on Monday the former chief rabbi Yonah Metzger of bribery.
The rabbi was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail for taking NIS 5 million in bribes.
According to Israeli media sources the charges also included fraud breach of public trust fraudulent receipt of a benefit under aggravated circumstances theft money-laundering tax violations and conspiracy to commit a felony all while abusing his position as chief rabbi.
Last week his lawyers tried to spin the positive aspects of the deal: that around half of the original bribery charges will be dropped and that after good behavior he may get out of jail in only two years.
