Deputy Mayor of Be'er Ya'akov Noam Sasson Indicted on Multiple Charges

The prosecution filed an indictment this morning against Noam Sasson, the deputy mayor of Be'er Ya'akov. He faces several charges including fraud, breach of trust, threats, witness harassment, and additional offenses. Sasson was arrested and interrogated in June 2020 as part of an investigation conducted by the National Fraud Investigations Unit of Lahav 433. The case involves suspicions of bid rigging and bribery offered to municipal leaders by an educational network in exchange for benefits. This indictment is part of a broader corruption probe that also includes arrests of officials and criminals in other municipalities such as Nahariya and Nazareth.