An Israeli man working for the Ministry of Health is being investigated on suspicion of fraudulently confronting his girlfriend with coronavirus quarantine four times without medical justification, police said Thursday.
The man, identified only as a 35-year-old resident of northern Israel, is suspected of various crimes committed over several months, including abuse of office power, fraud, breach of privacy and false imprisonment, a police statement said.
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The suspect “sent messages four times to his ex – girlfriend ‘s phone about her need to go into isolation as a result of being exposed to a confirmed coronavirus patient, not being exposed to such a person, “police said.
Evidence about the suspect, defined as “an outsider working at one of a health ministry’s call centers,” was given to the ministry of justice ahead of a possible lawsuit. be there, police said.
The investigation began when the health ministry became suspicious of the same person who filed appeals against her loneliness in four separate cases.
More than 180,000 Israelis alone are currently feared for exposure to COVID-19, with nearly two million having been against the two-week contract since the outbreak began.
Israel, which is currently in its third national lockout, has recorded nearly 524,000 coronavirus cases, more than 3,800 of which have been fatal.