21 Arrested in Gaza Construction Fraud Scheme
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Israeli police and military police arrested 21 suspects involved in a multi-million shekel financial fraud scheme related to civilian companies working for the IDF in Gaza. The suspects include career soldiers and contractors accused of fraud, money laundering, and bribery. This follows a previous indictment in February against Bezalel Zini for smuggling cigarettes and other offenses.
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- 21 suspects were arrested for a multi-million shekel financial fraud scheme involving Gaza construction work.
- The suspects include career soldiers and contractors accused of fraud, money laundering, and bribery.
- The investigation concerns civilian companies using heavy equipment in Gaza for the IDF.
- This follows a February indictment of Bezalel Zini for cigarette smuggling and other offenses.
- Bezalel Zini is the brother of Shin Bet chief David Zini.
Israeli police and military police arrested 21 suspects on Tuesday in connection with a financial fraud scheme totaling millions of shekels. The investigation centers on work performed by civilian companies using heavy engineering equipment in the Gaza Strip for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Among those arrested are career soldiers and contractors, who are accused of offenses including obtaining property by deception, money laundering, and bribery. They are scheduled to appear in court for remand extension hearings at the Magistrate's Court in Be'er Sheva and the Military Court in Beit Lid.
This is not the first investigation into construction work in Gaza. In February, an indictment was filed against Bezalel Zini, the brother of Shin Bet chief David Zini and a member of "Kokh Or'ya," a team operating heavy engineering equipment in the strip. Zini was charged with aiding an enemy in wartime, prohibiting property use for terror purposes, aggravated fraud, and bribery, along with other financial offenses. He is accused of smuggling cigarettes on three occasions, receiving 365,000 shekels for them, and smuggling 14 cartons of cigarettes into Gaza via the Sufa crossing.
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