Corruption affair: suspected involvement of JNF

As part of the investigation of suspected corruption in the public sector and Israel Beiteinu Party, MK Shimon Ohayon reported to the police to give evidence, in the case related to the Basketball Association and suspected providing funds to the association for benefits.

Walla reported that police also examines materials related to the Jewish National Fund (JNF), and is considering the possibility of convening JNF officials involved in the investigation

As part of the affair, today (Monday) the suspects Mordechai Dahan head of Megillot Regional Council, and lobbyist Yisrael Joshua, were released under restrictions and full house arrest for ten days, exclusion from offices, the prohibition of contact and financial conditions.

According to Army Radio publication, the rope around the one called by the police, the head of a criminal organization Faina Kirschenbaum, is increasingly tightening - the police has raised three state witnesses so far.

The investigation began with the approval of the Attorney General, by the Division of Investigations and Intelligence Unit Lahav 433 / fraud squad on suspicion, and for about a year the unit has been holding an undercover investigation, using diverse and progressive tools for intelligence and investigation. This is after suspicion was raised that the suspects conspired and acted in a systematic manner to further their private and public interests and receive money for personal needs while performing various offenses, causing a substantial harm to their areas of good governance.

Undercover investigation revealed, as suspected, the existence of a system of organized activity, whereby the suspects or their representatives sent in their public roles, large amounts of money from public funds to budgeted entities and authorities unlawfully, in return for various benefits from the suspects and their relatives, including through appointments, payments and more.

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