Police on Wednesday recommended Social Equality Minister May Golan be prosecuted over suspicions that she created fictitious jobs in her ministry for relatives of friends and influential colleagues, who did no actual work despite being paid a government salary.

Police said they had completed their criminal investigation into the allegations against the Likud politician and transferred the case to the State Attorney’s Office.

Investigators in the Lahav 433 major crimes unit led the probe against Golan, who is suspected of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust for the alleged job-fixing.

A senior official in the unit told Channel 12 news that enough evidence was uncovered in the case for prosecutors to file an indictment.

Law enforcement went public with the investigation in September last year after a months-long covert investigation.

After reviewing the police findings, state prosecutors will decide whether to file charges against the minister.

The case cracked wide open in September when police raided Golan’s office and arrested six of her associates.

She was accused of........

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