Police Build Evidentiary Case in Tax Authority Corruption Affair

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Lahav 433 and Tax Authority officials have concluded an investigation against 11 suspects, including a former deputy assessing officer and former senior coordinator at the Tax Authority, on suspicion of bribery, fraud, breach of trust and money laundering offenses. According to the investigation's findings, the two are suspected of receiving bribes from a certified accountant over a period of years, and of acting with him to defraud the authorities. According to the suspicion, more than 80 million shekels were fraudulently extracted from the state treasury.

According to Maariv, the suspects include Boris Gorbich and Sasson Cohen. According to Bizportal, the false tax refunds were approved by an assessing officer in Petah Tikva.