Moshe Heiman, former chief accountant for the Supersol Company, operators of a chain of supermarkets in Israel, was sentenced by the District Court here today to 18 months’ imprisonment for his part in a multi-million pound swindle. He was convicted specifically of falsifying the company’s books and of conspiring to burn the firm’s books. The court permitted him to stay free under bail of 120, 000 Israeli pounds ($40, 000) until March 27.
Prior to sentencing him, the court heard Meir de Shalit, director-general of the Israeli Tourist Ministry, who testified as a character witness on Heiman’s behalf; Mr. de Shalit said that Heiman was of great service to Israel and submitted to the court a letter to this effect from Abba Eban, now Foreign Minister and for years the Israeli Ambassador to Washington.
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