Former Ashdod Port Workers Chairman received only 3 months suspended sentence for his conviction in the "Dana Logistics" case, while other defendants in the case received actual jail sentences - as part of a plea deal
After a lengthy legal battle, the Be'er Sheva District Court sentenced Alon Hassan, former chairman of the Ashdod Port Workers Committee: three months' probation and 150 hours of public benefit. A very lenient sentence compared to the penalties received by other defendants in the case.
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The hearing with District Judge Joel Eden came in the wake of a Supreme Court decision in December last year that partially upheld the state's appeal in the Ashdod Port case, and convicted Alon Hassan of two misdemeanor and public employee misconduct offenses, as well as two corporate misconduct and breach of trust. The Supreme Court decision was made after the Be'er Sheva District Court, with the same judge, acquitted Hassan of all guilt.
Hasan served at the relevant times of the indictment against him as chairman of the Ashdod Port Workers' Committee, and had family, corporate and business relationships with Dana Logistics Ltd. which operated in the port area and provided various services to its clients. According to the Supreme Court's conviction, for a fraud and breach of trust by a public servant and for a fraud and a breach of trust in a corporation, Hassan was chairman of the workers' committee and as such issued protocols of the Ashdod Port Board of Directors and an internal audit report, and handed them over to Dana. , Where he put himself in clear conflict of interest in the results of a legal action taken by Dana against the port. He was also convicted of a fraud and a breach of trust by a public servant, and of a fraud and a breach of trust in a corporation, for his involvement in the "scrap exporters" affair.
The Supreme Court has ruled that the overall picture shows that Hassan often drove to Ashdod port to a certain extent as he failed. He was not afraid to intervene on many issues, and he followed the fine line separating criminal behavior from the one that is not, and although not found to be convicted in some of the criminal law charges - this does not constitute a position on their administrative-disciplinary standing. Upon conviction, the court returned Hassan's case to the Be'er Sheva District Court for sentencing.
The State Attorney's Office filed the appeal with the judgment of the Be'er Sheva District Court, March 29, 18, in which she acquitted Elon Hassan, chairman of Ashdod Port and Cousin's Uncle David Hassan, of all the offenses attributed to them in the indictment As well as Ashdod Port CEO Joshua (Shuki) Segis.
As part of the Supreme Court's argument, the state argued that the district court's judgment should have serious legal and social implications. As the district court's ruling concedes, the normative message that both defendants, Alon and David Hassan, and the general public is left with - And it is appropriate - for a public servant to act and be in a conflict of interest between the good of his public job and the personal good or the good of his associates, even if the public servant has enormous status and influence - such as Alon Hassan - and even if his actual actions grow, he and his associates gain economic profit. Rabbi, as was the case in this case, therefore, the State makes clear, p Crow's appeal focuses on the objection on normative determinations of the District Court.
It should be noted that three other defendants - Yaniv Balter, Uri Blatter, and the company "Dana Logistics", charged with oak and David Hasan original indictment based on the same set of facts and the same offense - came The plea bargained with the state already upon the indictment, in which the three admitted most of the facts and charges attributed to them, which were identical to the allegations attributed to Elon and David Hassan, and the plea agreement included a sentence punishable by Yaniv Balter 18 months in prison and Uri Balter 6 months Service. The two and Dana's company also imposed significant financial penalties.
