Mr Olmert is the first former prime minister in Israeli history to face criminal charges, the office said.
Mr Olmert's personal secretary, Shula Zaken, has also been charged with corruption.
One of the charges against Mr Olmert is that he accepted cash envelopes from US businessman Morris Talansky with sums amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Mr Olmert admits taking money, but insists the funds were legal donations to help his campaigns for re-election as mayor of Jerusalem and for the leadership of the Likud, his former party.
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The indictment, filed by State Attorney Moshe Lador and Jerusalem District Attorney Eli Abarbanel, includes serious charges against Olmert, among them fraud, breach of trust, falsifying corporate documents and tax evasion. However, the former prime minister is not charged with bribery.
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