Main Suspect in Israeli Tax Authority Bribery Case Released to House Arrest
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Boris Gorovitz and Sasson Cohen were released to house arrest in a bribery case involving the Israeli Tax Authority, while Alhadi Tahah's detention was extended. Tahah is suspected of accepting bribes for fraudulent tax refunds at the Petah Tikva branch.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Boris Gorovitz, former deputy tax assessor, released to 14 days house arrest.
- Sasson Cohen, retired 8 years ago, also released to 14 days house arrest.
- Alhadi Tahah's detention extended by 4 days.
- Tahah suspected of accepting bribes for fraudulent tax refunds.
- The case involves false expense claims submitted to the Petah Tikva tax branch.
Boris Gorovitz, the central suspect in the Israeli Tax Authority bribery case and former deputy tax assessor in Petah Tikva, has been released to 14 days of house arrest. Another suspect, Sasson Cohen, aged 75 and retired about eight years ago from the same Petah Tikva branch, was also released to 14 days of house arrest. Meanwhile, the detention of a third suspect, Alhadi Tahah, was extended by an additional four days. Tahah is accused of accepting bribes in exchange for arranging tax refunds worth millions of shekels for taxpayers who submitted false expense claims in their income tax reports at the Petah Tikva branch.
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