Ex-Finance Minister Hirchson released from prison

Abraham Hirschson was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to five years and five months for fraud. He served a total of three years and four months in the end, after his sentence was cut by a third last year.

By Eli Ashkenazi and Yaniv Kubovich | 10:35 16.01.13 |

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Former finance minister Abraham Hirchson was released from prison on Wednesday morning after the Israel Prison Service's Releases Committee reduced his sentence by one-third in December.

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Is he now going to join the government again ?
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He was fined 450,000 what about all the rest? Safe in Switzerland?
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