Model Bar Refaeli's mother will start serving 16 months in Neve Tirza prison • According to the plea agreement, the daughter will perform nine months of community service
Tzipi Refaeli will enter the gates of the Neve Tirza prison this morning, after the plea agreement signed between her and the State Attorney's Office was approved last week in the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court.
As you may recall, the international model's mother was sentenced to 16 months in prison, while her daughter will perform service work for nine months.
Archive photo: Shmuel Buharis
According to the judge, "I paid attention to the harm done by the defendants to the protected values. The feeling that those who improved their fate will also more easily succeed in deceiving the tax authorities should not be ignored. This is the highest level of tax offenses.
The mother and daughter were convicted as part of a plea deal according to which, among other things, in the years 2012-2009, Bar Refaeli divided her life between Israel and the United States and generated significant income from her work abroad in the amount of NIS 24,964,862.
Bar Refaeli had a claim before the tax authorities in Israel that she is a foreign resident living in the United States, who is not required to report and pay tax in Israel.
In an interview with "Sitting" about two weeks ago, On, Refaeli's son, said: "I keep thinking about the period my mother is going through. I am very worried and think about her a lot, but I also know she will be strong and go through it. My mother is a strong woman "A lioness in the full sense of the word."
He added, "My mother devoted her whole life to our career, built an empire here, and suddenly she has to be in prison. It's delusional. It's not that they came to our house and found a million shekels they did not know about."
According to the plea agreement signed with Bar Refaeli, the model will perform service work for nine months, which she will want at Beit Noam - a sheltered housing home for people with disabilities.
