Suspicion of a new public corruption case: The National Unit for Combating Economic Crime (YALK) in Lahav 433 opened an open investigation this morning (Monday), in which 11 suspects were arrested and 18 detained, on suspicion of involvement in bribery offenses, receiving anything fraudulently, fraud and breach of trust, money laundering, tax ordinance Income, violations of VAT law and other offenses. Among the detainees are a director of the Israel Railways, a senior official in the Tirat Carmel municipality and two senior officials in the Ministry of Construction and Housing, and a number of service providers were arrested, including contractors, who allegedly connected the various branches.
The police emphasized that this is a complex and extensive investigation, conducted in cooperation with the Haifa Customs and VAT Investigations and the Haifa Tax Authority’s Assessing Officer, with the assistance of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Authority and accompanied by the Tax and Economics Prosecutor’s Office.
The investigation raised the suspicion that public employees, along with others, each according to his share and attribution, allegedly acted with the involvement of influential people in government companies and government institutions, in order to promote tenders under their responsibility in exchange for taking benefits, in violation of law and public interest. As stated, this is an investigation that has been conducted for several months, which this morning matured into an open investigation and the execution of the arrest of those involved.