Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son Omri pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges in connection with a campaign fund-raising scandal.
The charges include the fraudulent registration of corporate documents, breach of corporate trust and lying under oath.
He was accused of establishing illegal and fictitious companies to funnel cash to his father's primary election campaign in 1999 for the Likud leadership.
He received millions of dollars from various corporations in Israel and overseas and the amounts received 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 was allegedly transferred directly from overseas companies to the service providers, while Omri Sharon allegedly instructed other suppliers to falsify receipts.
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