Rehovot mayor to be indicted for fraud
Kadima-backed Mayor Shuky Forer to be indicted for alleged breaches of election funding law following hearing
The State Prosecutor's Office has informed Rehovot Mayor Shuky Forer on Sunday that it plans to indict him for breach of trust and conspiracy to commit a crime. Other senior municipality officials will be indicted for even graver offenses.
The investigation against Forer was launched in 2003, but only recently materialized into an indictment. The suspicions against Forer date back to 1998, the year he became mayor, and relate to alleged breaches of the election funding law.
The State Prosecution informed Forer's attorneys Sunday that he may be charged with perjury, conspiracy to commit a crime, breach of trust and other offenses.
The decision on whether or not to indict the Kadima-backed Rehovot mayor will be finalized following a hearing scheduled to be held this week.
Forer declined to comment on the affair, but his associates hinted that the timing of the indictment was "dubious" given the approaching local elections in November.
They also stated that "there is a huge gap between the original suspicions and the final indictment draft, and we believe that the state prosecutor (Moshe Lador) will realize during the hearing that the current charges amount to nothing."
