"Israel's Number One Con Man" Oren Abraham Has Passed Away

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Oren Abraham, whom police described as "Israel's number one con man", passed away at the age of 50. According to Ice and Israel Hayom, Abraham died at Shamir Medical Center in Assaf Harofeh after complications of severe pneumonia.

According to Ice, Abraham spent about 30 years behind bars and dealt with the court system, the police and the government. According to Channel 14, throughout his life he served more than 20 years in prison for fraud and deception offenses.

According to Channel 14, in his last years Abraham claimed he tried to rehabilitate himself, but no one agreed to help him, and in his words: "They threw me to the dogs".