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State audit exposes massive failures in budget control, assets and regulation
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67% centerFirst reported by Mako · 2 days ago
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What happened
Israel’s State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman published harsh audit reports on Wednesday. He found major failures in budget oversight, state asset management, pensions, consumer protection, energy planning and Tax Authority security. The reports cite billions of shekels in losses and call for urgent structural change.
- 01Englman found illegal budget transfers and weak oversight at the end of 2024.
- 02The mortgage market, worth 630 billion shekels, lacks regulation and leaves consumers exposed.
- 03Tax Authority systems contain flaws enabling identity theft and tax fraud.
- 04State housing, pensions, consumer protection and energy planning all showed severe failures.
- 05The audits cite losses of billions of shekels, including 4.6 billion at Orot Rabin.
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People
OrganizationsState Comptroller, Tax Authority, Israel Invoices, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Authority, Orot Rabin
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State audit exposes massive failures in budget control, assets and regulation
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