(g) Criminal Case (Hai District) 37590-05-15 State of Israel v. Assayag (October 20, 2015) - The defendant, an earthworks and development contractor, was convicted, according to his confession, as part of a plea bargain, of bribery (NIS 1,500) and bribery of a police officer (NIS 4,000). This was in exchange for the policeman's promise that he would close an ongoing criminal case against an employee in the defendant's service and issue work permits in Israel to residents of the Palestinian Authority. The appropriate punishment range ranges from 4 months in prison, which can be served with community service, to 24 months in prison. The defendant was sentenced to 6 months in prison to be served with community service.
In contrast to the large difference in the amount of bribes between that case and the case before us, the defendant committed two perfect bribery offenses there, while Fischer was convicted of one attempted offense. In addition, the indictment in the same case states that the offenses were committed for the purpose of obtaining favors and greed for money, while the allegation of making money on Fisher's part, which appeared in the original indictment (section 7 of the general section), was deleted from the amended indictment.
(8) Criminal Appeal 1676/14 Abu Haya v. State of Israel (June 26, 2014) - A Border Police officer on regular duty, who was convicted, according to his confession, as part of a plea bargain, of taking bribes, attempted bribery, conspiracy to commit a crime, forgery, and attempted forgery. Among other things, the defendant transferred payment to an agent operated by the Department for the Investigation of Police, who identified himself as an employee of the Licensing Office, in exchange for a forged form according to which the defendant passed the theoretical driving test, and agreed with him to pay an additional fee for a fake driver's license. The District Court Established a Punishment Compound Between a few months and 20 months in prison, and sentenced the defendant 12 months in prison. The Supreme Court rejected the appeal on the severity of the sentence.