BREAKING NEWS

Boaz Yona is one of 600 prisoners to be released

Former head of the Heftsiba construction company Boaz Yona, who was convicted of swindling real estate customers, was to be released as part of a massive prisoner release Thursday. Yona was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2008 after signing a plea bargain that also included NIS 8 million to his victims.
The Israel Prison Service was releasing 600 prisoners Thursday in order to reduce the overall prison population.