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Israeli Businessman Sentenced to 44 Months for Tax Fraud Scheme
The Ramla Magistrate's Court sentenced businessman Avner Aluk, owner of Sagiv Technologies Fire Shielding Ltd., to 44 months in prison for a massive tax fraud scheme. The court found that Aluk defrauded the state of approximately 5.75 million shekels through the use of fictitious invoices.
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What happened
- 01The Ramla Magistrate's Court sentenced Avner Aluk to 44 months in prison for a 5.75 million shekel tax fraud scheme.
- 02Aluk's company, Sagiv Technologies, unlawfully deducted input taxes using 139 fictitious invoices from five different companies between 2012 and 2015.
- 03Aluk appointed straw men, including Hillel Talcar, Ori Halperin, and Ido Kless, to act as nominal managers and conceal his control.
- 04The court convicted Aluk of 35 counts of unlawfully deducting input tax under aggravating circumstances and other fraud charges.
- 05Judge Hisham Abu Shakhada activated a previously suspended four-month prison sentence due to Aluk's four prior tax offense convictions.
- 06Aluk was also ordered to pay a 100,000 shekel fine and received a 10-month suspended sentence.
- 07The company, Sagiv Technologies, was handed a symbolic fine of 10 shekels by the court.
- 08The court noted that Aluk failed to return any of the illegally deducted funds to the public coffers during the legal proceedings.
Between 2012 and 2015, Aluk's company received 139 fictitious invoices from five different companies without any genuine transactions taking place. Aluk then incorporated these invoices into his company's tax reports to unlawfully deduct input taxes. To conceal his sole control over the scheme, Aluk appointed straw men, including Hillel Talcar, Ori Halperin, and Ido Kless, to act as nominal managers under his direction.
Aluk denied the charges but was convicted of 35 counts of unlawfully deducting input tax under aggravating circumstances, alongside other fraud charges. In sentencing, Judge Hisham Abu Shakhada cited Aluk's extensive criminal record, which includes four prior convictions for serious tax offenses and forgery. The court also activated a previously suspended four-month prison sentence.
In addition to his prison term, Aluk was ordered to pay a 100,000 shekel fine and received a 10-month suspended sentence. His company was handed a symbolic fine of 10 shekels. The court noted that Aluk made no effort to return the misappropriated funds to the public coffers during the legal proceedings.
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