Notable Israeli Accountancy / IS Security and
Governance experts are asked to opine on alleged fraud in the 2012 Audit Letter
of ComSign - sole certifier, and hacker, of the electronic signatures of the
State of Israel

Central to the safeguard of Human Rights in a
civil society are the responses to crisis by governmental and non-governmental
agencies, which act as checks and balances, not the least among them - voluntary
professional associations. ComSign, LTD, with help from others in the Ministry
of Justice, hacked the digital seal of the State of Israel. It remains to be
seen, which Israeli body will be the first to review the matter, which
undermines the integrity of all legal records of the State of Israel. "Inside
jobs" are the biggest hacking threat to the People's public
records.



Los Angeles and Jerusalem, July 10 -
Joseph Zernik, PhD, of Human Rights Alert (NGO) has filed a request for
opinions by notable Israeli CPAs, regarding alleged fraud in the April 8, 2012
Audit Letter by Erez Shefler, CPA (Isr), pertaining to compliance of ComSign LTD
- sole certifier of electronic signatures of the State of Israel.
[1]

The requests for opinions have been forwarded to:

[*]Doron Copman, CPA (Isr), President, Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. [2]
[/*][*]Dr Naftali Freed, CPA (Isr), Ernst & Young Israel – Kost Forer Gabbay
& Kasierer, who is listed as an expert in electronic IS audit. [3]
[/*][*]Yaron Peled, CPA (Isr), Ziv, Haft & Co, who is listed as an expert in
electronic IS audit [4]
[/*][*]Doron Ronen, CPA (Isr), Shiff Hazenfratz & Co, [5] President of
the Israeli Information Systems Audit and Control Association - the Israel
Branch of ISACA [6,7] [/*]

The request claims that Erez Shefler, CPA
(Isr):

• Did not sign the April 8, 2012 ComSign Audit Letter in good faith;
  
• With others, was/is part of a attempted fraud/serious fraud on the People,
  which undermines the integrity of all government records of the State of Israel.
  

Some of ComSign's largest clients are the Israeli courts, the Ministry
of Justice, and the Israeli Stock and Exchange Commission. However, after
reviewing thousands of judicial records and other legal public records of the
State of Israel, a single, publicly accessible, valid certified electronic
signature is yet to be discovered.

As evidence of the fraud in the 2012
Audit Letter of ComSign, Dr Zernik provided a list of corporate and public legal
records, pertaining to ComSign LTD, and the manner in which it was established
as sole certifying authority for the State of Israel by Attorneys Yoram HaCohen
and Amit Ashkenazi from the Ministry of Justice, with no lawful authority,
relative to the Electronic Signature Act (2001). [8]


"Effectively, ComSign, with help from Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and
Amit Ashkenazi from the Ministry of Justice, hacked the digital seal of the
State of Israel," sums it Dr Zernik.

The CPAs' opinions have been
requested in support of an intended complaint against CPA Erez Shefler, who
signed the 2012 Audit Letter. Help was also requested in identifying mechanisms
for initiating the complaint procedure with the Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, or any other mechanism for initiating peer-review and enforcement
of ethics and/or professional standards or rules among certified accounts in
Israel.

Of the four CPAs, to whom the requests were forwarded, so far
only Mr Doron Ronen, President of the Israeli Information Systems Audit and
Control Association - the Israel Branch of ISACA, has confirmed the receipt of
the request for opinion.

Human Rights Alert's research, pointing to fraud
in the conduct of ComSign and others, was based on data mining methods. The
findings come as an epilogue to media reports from recent years, documenting the
controversy surrounding the "privatization" of the certification authority of
government electronic signature services, and delegation of the authority to
ComSign. [9]

The recent requests for opinions by CPAs are part of
system-wide survey of the responses by governmental and non-governmental
agencies in the State of Israel, in view of overwhelming evidence of large-scale
fraud in the electronic records systems of the courts and justice system, as
documented in Human Rights Alert 2012 submission to the Human Rights Council of
the United Nations. [10]

Responses by governmental and
non-governmental agencies so far include:

• The Supreme Court - conducted simulated reviews on petitions, which
  challenged the validity of its own electronic records and provided falsified
  hand-certifications on the respective decisions, while denying access to the
  electronic records in the case management system of the Supreme Court, out of
  compliance with the law of the State of Israel and the Supreme Court's own
  recent decisions regarding access to judicial records.
  
• The Administration of Courts - responded by denying the Freedom of
  Information request for the Appointment Record of the Chief Clerk of the Supreme
  Court by invoking an exemption for "records of internal deliberation". Later the
  Administration of Courts refused to respond, with no legal foundation, on
  additional Freedom of Information requests.
  
• The State Ombudsman - who in 2010 published his own audit of the
  electronic record systems of the courts and ministry of justice, refused to
  comment on the 2012 submission to the United Nations.
  
• Members of Knesset (legislature) refused to comment, or provide
  assistance in obtaining Freedom of Information responses by the Administration
  of Courts.
  
• The current and two former Ministers of Justice - refused to comment
  on the 2012 submission to the United Nations.
  
• Three notable Israeli Computing/Encryption Experts - examined parts
  of the evidence. All three expressed alarm and serious concerns. One of the
  three also forwarded a request for Halachic (Jewish law) ruling by a prominent
  authority - Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: Is the Supreme Court of the State
  of Israel engaged in large scale public deception?
  
• Several Israeli Legal Scholars - also provided helpful
  consultations.
  
[*]The Israeli Bar Association - so far failed to respond on request for
comments on the 2012 Human Rights Alert submission. Both the Tel Aviv and
Jerusalem offices have so far failed to confirm logging of the ethics
complaints, filed against Attorneys Yoram HaCohen and Amit Ashkenazi for their
parts in the affair. [12]
[/*][*]The Israel Chamber of System Analysts - has not responded on request
for comments on the Human Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 submission, but one of the
members of the Chamber posted a comment on the discussion board of the Chamber,
regarding the submission, "Should be published in Hebrew in Israeli media NEWS."
[capitals in the original - jz] [13] [/*]

The findings, regarding
lack of integrity in the electronic record systems of the courts of the State of
Israel, are subject of a paper, recently peer-reviewed and selected for
presentation in an international data analytics conference. [14]
Dr Zernik's research regarding the electronic record systems of the courts
and prisons in the United States and Israel had been previously peer-reviewed,
published and presented in a data mining conference in Europe in 2010
[15,16] and in the 16th World Criminology Congress in 2011, Kobe, Japan,
[17,18] among other venues.

Combined, the findings of the Human
Rights Alert (NGO) 2012 submission present an alternate narrative, regarding the
history the justice system of the State of Israel over the past couple of
decade. During years, which were and are touted as the height of the
"Constitutional Revolution", [19] the State of Israel entered a
constitutional crisis, resulting from deliberate corruption of the judicial
process by the judiciary and others, concomitantly with the introduction of new
electronic record systems in the courts.

Similar events, relative to
corruption of the state and federal courts in the United States, had taken place
a couple of decades earlier, and are now manifested in widespread violations of
Human Rights, the financial crisis, and civil unrest. [20]

The
2012 Human Rights Alert submission, regarding the State of Israel, recommends:

1. The electronic records systems of the courts should be examined,
repaired, and validated by Israeli computing and legal experts, under
accountability to the legislature.
2. A Truth and Reconciliation
Commission should be established relative to conduct of members of the judiciary
and the legal profession, who were involved in undermining the integrity of the
systems;
3. No court of any nation should be permitted to develop and
implement its own electronic record systems.
___________________

LINKS:
[1] 12-07-09 Request for
opinions of senior Israeli CPAs: Copman, Freed, Peled, Ronen, in re: April 8,
2012 ComSign Audit Letter by Erez Shefler, CPA (Isr)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99536586/
- The 12-04-08 Audit
Letter for ComSign, signed by Accountant Erez Shefler CPA (Isr), CISA, of the
accounting firm of Sharony Shefler & Co, is provided in page 100,
under:
12-07-06 ComSign, LTD - sole certifying authority of electronic
signatures for the State of Israel - compilation of corporate records
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99350885/
[2] Institute of
Certified Public Accountants
http://www.icpas.org.il/english/
[3] Ernst & Young
Israel – Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer
http://duns100.dundb.co.il/comp_eng_514692599/Ernst%20&%20Young%20Israel%20%E2%80%93%20Kost%20Forer%20Gabbay%20&%20Kasierer/

[4] BDO Ziv Haft
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=3675807

[5] Shiff Hazenfratz & Co.
https://duns100.dundb.co.il/comp_eng_600206734/Shiff%20Hazenfratz%20&;%20Co./
[6]
ISACA (IL)
http://www.isaca.org.il//index.asp
[7] ISACA (US)
https://www.isaca.org/Pages/default.aspx
[8] Evidence
of fraud in the in the 2012 Erez Shefler, CPA (Isr) Audit Letter of ComSign -
sole certifier electronic signatures of the State of Israel
- 12-06-07 PRESS
RELEASE: ComSign - a legitimate electronic signature certifier for the State of
Israel, or a large-scale con on the People by the government of the State of
Israel?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99356477/
- 12-07-06 PRESS
RELEASE: Unannounced regime change in Israel - Electronic Signatures Act
(2001) and Biometric Database Act (2009)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99243087/
- 12-07-02 PRESS
RELEASE: Israel Bar Association asked to investigate ethics complaint against
Attorneys Yoram HaCohen, Amit Ashkenazi, re: fraud in implementing electronic
signatures of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98889755/
- 12-06-25 PRESS
RELEASE: Hijacking of the Digital Seal of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98120110/
- 12-06-01 PRESS
RELEASE Responses by the Israel Chamber of System Analysts on report "Integrity
or lack thereof of the electronic records systems of the courts of the State of
Israel"
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95715970/Hijacking
[9]
10-07-29 Amendment to the Electronic Signature Act (2001) - compilation of
media reports.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99743941/
[10] 12-06-04 Human
Right Alert's Appendix to Submission; 15th UPR Working Group Session (Jan-Feb
2013) - State of Israel: Integrity, or lack thereof, of the electronic record
systems of the courts of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/82927700/
[11] 12-07-02
Ethics Complaint filed with the Israel Bar Association against Attorneys Yoram
Hacohen, Amit Ashkenazi for Breach of Loyalty, Fraud in implementation of the
Electronic Signature Act (2001)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98883205/
[12] 12-07-02 PRESS
RELEASE: Israel Bar Association asked to investigate ethics complaint against
Attorneys Yoram HaCohen, Amit Ashkenazi, re: fraud in implementing electronic
signatures of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/98889755/
[13] 12-06-01 PRESS
RELEASE Responses by the Israel Chamber of System Analysts on report "Integrity
or lack thereof of the electronic records systems of the courts of the State of
Israel"
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95715970/
[14] 12-07-07
Large-scale fraud in the computer systems of the US and Israeli courts to be
detailed in an international computer science conference
http://www.scribd.com/doc/99442662/
[15] 10-08-18
Zernik, J: Data Mining as a Civic Duty – Online Public Prisoners’ Registration
Systems,
International Journal on Social Media: Monitoring, Measurement,
Mining 1: 84-96 (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38328591/
[16] 10-08-18
Zernik, J: Data Mining of Online Judicial Records of the Networked US Federal
Courts,
International Journal on Social Media: Monitoring, Measurement,
Mining, 1:69-83 (2010)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/38328585/
[17] 11-08-01
Zernik, J: Fraud and corruption in the US courts is tightly linked to failing
banking regulation and the financial crisis, 16th World Criminology Congress
presentation
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351562/
[18] 11-08-01
Zernik, J: Los Angeles Superior Court - widespread corruption and refusal of US
government to take action, 16th World Criminology Congress presentation
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61351469/
[19] 12-05-05 The
Israeli "Constitutional Revolution", Presiding Justices Aharon Barak and Dorit
Beinisch, and corruption of the Supreme Court of the State of Israel
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92454231/
[20] 11-07-06
Request filed by Windsor and Zernik with US Attorney General Eric Holder for
Review of Integrity of Public Access and Case Management Systems of the US
Courts
http://www.scribd.com/doc/59480718/
- 12-06-08 Courts
and Judges as racketeering enterprises under RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations Act) - key element in the current financial
http://www.scribd.com/doc/96504009/
__________________
Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)

The 2010 submission of Human Rights Alert to
the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations was reviewed by the HRC
professional staff and incorporated in the official HRC Professional Staff
Report with a note referring to “corruption of the courts and the legal
profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California.”
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