Former Jerusalem mayor arrested in bribery scandal

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Former Jerusalem mayor arrested in bribery scandal
By ARON HELLER
The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 14, 2010; 12:54 PM

JERUSALEM -- Israeli police arrested a former mayor of Jerusalem on Wednesday in connection with a multimillion-dollar bribery scandal that has been linked to a key confidant of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

The arrest of Uri Lupolianski marks the latest twist in a scandal that has riveted Israel.

Last week, a longtime Olmert associate and five others were arrested in the affair, in which huge sums of money allegedly changed hands to promote several real-estate projects, including a large development in Jerusalem that required a radical change in zoning laws.

Olmert was mayor of Jerusalem when the bribery allegedly took place, and the construction was done during Lupolianski's tenure.



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