Sharon's son pleads guilty in fund-raising scandal
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son Omri pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges in connection with a campaign fund-raising scandal, Israel Radio reported. The charges include the fraudulent registration of corporate documents, breach of corporate trust and lying under oath. He was accused of receiving millions of dollars from various corporations in Israel and overseas, for his father's campaign in the 1999 primaries for the Likud leadership -- amounts that far exceed the monetary limits set by Israel's Party Law. Omri Sharon was also accused of using the Annex Research company to disburse most of the money to the campaign's suppliers and service providers in an effort to avoid reporting the funds to the Likud's oversight institution. Some of the money allegedly was transferred directly from overseas companies to the service providers, while Omri Sharon allegedly instructed other suppliers to falsify receipts.
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