The indictment of the Israel prime minister’s wife followed unsuccessful attempts to reach a resolution of the matter with prosecutors when Sara Netanyahu refused to agree to pay the residence for the value of the meals and to admit to the allegations against her. Haaretz reports: Sara Netanyahu was indicted on Thursday for alleged “systematic fraud” involving hundreds of thousands of shekels in connection with meal expenses incurred at the Prime Minister’s Residence

The two are charged in an indictment filed at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court with aggravated fraudulent receiving of an item or items, fraud and breach of trust. According to a draft of the indictment, Sara Netanyahu instructed staff at the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem to order meals consumed at the residence worth a total of 350,000 shekels ($96,000) from gourmet restaurants between 2010 and 2013 in violation of rules barring the residence from ordering meals from the outside during periods when the residence had a cook on its staff. Investigators in the case gathered evidence that purportedly shows that the Israel prime minister’s wife ordered that the employment of cook at the residence be concealed and that she was aware that ordering meals from the outside for the residence when it employed a cook was a violation of the rules. JUST WATCHED Police find 'sufficient evidence' to indict Benjamin Netanyahu Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Police find 'sufficient evidence' to indict Benjamin Netanyahu 00:45

A lawyer for Saidoff, Yehoshua Reznik, insisted Saidoff had done nothing wrong.
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is charged with fraud over the alleged misuse of state funds at their residence.