Ex-Mossad head Cohen returns $20,000 he got illicitly from Australian tycoon

Yossi Cohen, the former head of the Mossad intelligence agency, has returned an illicit gift worth $20,000 he received from an Australian businessman, the Haaretz daily reports.

Cohen received the gift from billionaire James Packer for his daughter’s wedding back when he was still the head of the Mossad.

Last June, he claimed to have accepted the funds after consulting Mossad’s legal adviser and said he is committed to returning the gift.

The newspaper reports that he recently returned the funds, while the State Prosecutor’s Office is still probing the matter.

“The matter is under examination, and a decision has not yet been made,” the Justice Ministry tells Haaretz.