Bank of Jerusalem CEO Denies Link Between Stock Drop and Employee Disappearance in Vienna

The CEO of Bank of Jerusalem, Yair Kaplan, addressed employees on Thursday regarding recent media reports about the disappearance of Mally Yahalomi, a bank employee. Kaplan emphasized that aside from her employment at the bank, there is no connection between the incident and the bank itself. He also noted a gag order is in place, prohibiting the sharing of any information about the case.

The investigation into the disappearance of Mally Yahalomi and her daughter Liel, who have been missing in Vienna since last Friday, was transferred on Wednesday to the Israeli Police's Lahav 433 unit under the directive of Police Commissioner Danny Levi. Specialists from the National Unit for Combating Economic Crime have joined the investigation due to their expertise in tracking virtual financial traces.

Meanwhile, the Yahalomi family provided testimony to Lahav 433 investigators and shared all information they possess. They claimed that some details recently released by police sources were not presented to them and that they hold information contradicting certain claims about the circumstances of Mally and Liel's disappearance. The bank's stock has fallen amid the media coverage, but the CEO insists the two events are unrelated.