Faina Kirschenbaum, Deputy Minister of the Interior and former MK of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, was convicted today (Thursday) of taking bribes in an affair known as the “Yisrael Beiteinu affair.” Adv. Maor Even Chen, Deputy Director of the Economic Department of the State Attorney’s Office, spoke tonight (Thursday) with Alon Gal and Liat Ron on “Where’s the Money” on 103FM, and referred to the conviction.
“I would not refer to the party, but there is no doubt that as far as Kirschenbaum is concerned, this is definitely a method of taking bribes that has been carried out over the years and I must say that we too, while accompanying the covert investigation, We did not always believe what we hear in wiretaps and what we see in evidence. In one case, the person who gave the bribe documented in a neat Excel spreadsheet, every researcher’s dream to find such a chart, exactly what he gives, when he gives and what he received for the money he gave. “The same defendant who also testified in the Kirschenbaum case, deleted this table from the computer when the investigation began, and only after the police efforts that repeated the table that was also used by us in court,” said Adv. Even Chen.
“Not everyone is affiliated with the party, some are other elements who had given Kirschenbaum a bribe for budgets she passed on to them. Any evidence that could be substantiated we examined, studied and tried to advance. We really got to the highest point the evidence allowed. I do not think there was evidence against senior officials. “Someone would have stopped the investigation,” he added.
“Every source who asked for budgets, including coalition budgets, was given a parallel demand to either buy things or give things, and sometimes transfer funds. Benefits Some went to meetings with Kirschenbaum, and some went to close parties, as instructed. The party’s chief of staff, David, was convicted. “Godowski, who was sentenced to seven years in prison by the district court and sentenced to six years in prison, is currently serving a sentence. , Continued.
“The investigative material in this case is about 160 boxes, we have been following the investigation since it began and it is a job that requires a lot of effort. This is actually a deputy minister, MK, legislator of the State of Israel, who demands and receives bribes for state budgets. “You can come and see another affair with a similar degree of severity. This is a factor that sits on the state budget and says that in return for the budget they will be paid a bribe. The damage to public trust as a result of this story is destructive,” Adv. Even Chen concluded.