Another shochet arrested in Bnei Brak • Director of the Association of butchers released

Tax Authority continues to investigate tax evasion in the Haredi sector: Undercover investigators arrived today (Thursday) once again, to Kiryat Vizhnitz in Bnei Brak, where they arrested a resident who worked as a butcher - and, is allegedly involved in allegations revealed this week at the Association of butchers - Tel Aviv.

Arrest was made after investigators arrived last night and detained for questioning two Vizhnitz chassidim on suspicion of involvement in the case.

Meanwhile, the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv released today the director of the Association of butchers, who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of allegedly establishing an enrollment of fictitious employees, have issued pay slips.

It is suspected that in 2004-2012 the Administration issued hundreds of checks in the name of employees who work for the Association, which he used to deposit in his accounts and the accounts of relatives where he is authorized, while forging the signatures of the employees on the back of the checks.

The judge accepted the parties' agreement for his release, and ordered the bail of one million shekels, a third party guarantee of NIS 400,000 and a bank guarantee or cash in the amount of NIS 350,000. The Director is forbidden to leave the country.

Earlier this week a public investigation opened in the case, when dozens of researchers from the Tax Authority offices of Income Tax Investigation Center, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and central region were carried out searches at the suspects and other persons involved and the association's offices, during which many documents related to the allegations investigated were seized.

In addition, other documents were seized from the company accountant.

At the same time, as part of intelligence activities carried out by the IRS Investigation Office Center in the affair a change owner of the Haredi sector is suspected for cashing checks.

The change owner, 49, also from Bnei Brak is suspected that his real business is cashing checks in significant numbers, an activity which is not reported to the tax authority at all.

With the opening of the open investigation case of the Association of Butchers his home was searched, and documents pertinent to the allegations investigated were seized.

Request to release from detention conditions shows that in 2008-2011 were deposited in his bank account and cash checks totaling more than 4 million, while the reported wage income over these years are the amount of NIS 200 thousand only.

Also shows that - according to the analysis bank account during the years 2008-2011, he cashed for the Association of butchers dozens of checks, totaling about 350 thousand shekels. Spot check of the checks revealed that the checks issued by the Association in respect of fictitious employees, as stated the suspect allegedly laundered.

In addition, there is a suspicion that the suspect "laundered" to ultra-Orthodox sources who were beneficiaries fictitious checks, and thus helped them to disguise and conceal these funds from the tax authorities.

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