Former Finance Minister Avraham Hirschson will be charged with theft by an administrator, fraudulent receipt of goods in aggravated circumstances, breach of trust and fraud, money laundering and falsification of corporate documents.
Hirschson is accused of plotting to steal funds from the National Workers' Union which he was chairman of between 1998 and 2005. His co-conspirators, who are also charged, were Ovadia Cohen, head of the National Workers Federation's finance department, and chief accountant Gideon Ben-Tzur.
Another suspect, Yitzhak Ruso, was the National Workers' Union director at the time. The group, which also included Amazia Boner, accountant of an organization named Nili, stole a total of NIS 4 million, more than half of which went to Hirschson.