170,000 Shekels in Fraud: Credit Card Thief Will Go to Prison

A 28-year-old resident of Kiryat Gat was convicted of fraud using 19 credit cards and drug offenses. The judge sentenced him to 63 months in prison and fines, after he made dozens of purchases at businesses totaling 170,000 shekels.

A 28-year-old resident of Kiryat Gat was convicted of fraud using 19 credit cards and drug offenses, and was sentenced to 63 months in prison. According to the indictment filed at the Magistrate's Court in Ashkelon, Zohar used the stolen cards to make purchases and payments of hundreds and thousands of shekels each time. He carried out 64 fraudulent transactions in a short period during the fall of 2019, including purchases at cell phone stores, supermarkets, and entertainment venues. Concurrently, another case was managed against him for drug trafficking and brokering, along with three other individuals. Judge Porer emphasized in the sentencing that the damages were significant, both to personal property and to proper commerce, and that the scope of the credit card fraud reached 170,000 shekels, along with attempted fraud totaling 150,000 shekels. In addition to the prison term, Zohar was sentenced to 17 months of suspended imprisonment, a fine of 25,000 shekels plus an additional 6,500 shekels in fines, and a driver's license suspension for 18 months.