(9) Criminal Case (Shalom Tel Aviv) 7455-03-13 State of Israel v. Mor (August 12, 2015) - The defendant was convicted, after managing evidence, of a series of tax offenses spread over many charges. Among other things, he was convicted of two offenses of obstruction of justice, in that while he was detained until the end of the proceedings, he called two prosecution witnesses in the trial in order to create a dependence and commitment on him, with the aim of manipulating their testimony in his favor. The Magistrate's Court ruled that the penalty range for these two obstruction offenses was Between 6 months of suspended imprisonment and 7 months in prison, and sentenced the defendant 10 months in prison (to serve concurrently and cumulatively with the sentences imposed on him for the other offenses). In the appeal to the District Court, it was determined that there was a mistake in placing the sentence above the compound without giving a reason for doing so. However, In light of the determination in the matter Serving the prison terms for the various offenses, some of which coincide with each other, it is not possible to quantify the weight of the error. At the same time, the District Court shortened the overall sentence (Criminal Appeal (Tel Aviv District) 23079-09-15 Mor v. State of Israel (December 21, 2016)). Request for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court was denied (Criminal Appeal Authority 1337/17 Mor v. State of Israel (6.4.2017)).
(10) Criminal Appeal (Tel Aviv District) 70829/01 State of Israel v. Ban (October 2, 2003) - The two defendants were convicted in the Magistrate's Court of obstruction of justice, by acceding to the request of a person close to them, who was a suspect in the framework of an investigation by the Israel Securities Authority, in order for them to coordinate false versions with another interrogee in the affair and to provide these versions in their interrogations. The false versions referred to bank accounts that the defendants maintained in their own names and in the names of their relatives, which were used to cover illegal activity in the securities of that person. The Magistrate's Court sentenced each of the defendants to a suspended sentence of 12 months. The District Court rejected the defendants' appeal against the conviction, as well as the state's appeal against the sentence, even though the state argued that there was room to impose an actual prison sentence on them."In light of the severity of the offense and the circumstances of its commission: one of the most serious fraud cases committed in Israel; Background of the appellants; their status and involvement in the capital market; awareness of their actions and understanding of the significance of disruption; The large sums they wanted to hide".