The Central District Attorney's Office filed an indictment against the director of a Jewish cemetery today (Thursday) in the Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court.
As part of his role, he dealt with burial arrangements, funerals, and coordination.
According to a report in Israel Hayom, despite an explicit provision prohibiting the sale of grave plots to people while they are still alive, Madmon sold plots to an elderly couple and pocketed the money.
According to the indictment, in March 2022, a 75-year-old man approached the director to purchase grave plots for himself and his wife in the Yehud Cemetery, unaware of the Shevat Kadisha's prohibition on selling plots to living people.
The manager, who was aware of the prohibition, agreed with the man on a sum of 22,000 shekels. In two additional meetings, the man transferred to the manager an amount of 10,000 shekels in cash and an amount of 12,000 shekels in cash.
The manager took the money for himself without preserving the grave plots for the couple.
The indictment states: "The defendant pocketed the amount of money that A.A. gave him, did not transfer the money to the Kadisha Society, and accordingly, no grave plot was given to A.A. In his actions described above, the defendant fraudulently received a total of 22 thousand shekels.".
He was charged with the offense of receiving something by fraud.
However, the prosecution withdrew the indictment, even before the defendant's response was received - and the court canceled the indictment and the hearing that was supposed to take place.
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