State Attorney Considers Indicting Petah Tikva Mayor for Bribery
The State Attorney's Office is weighing indictments against Petah Tikva Mayor Rami Greenberg and nine others for alleged bribery, fraud, and illegal 2018 election financing. The case involves over one million shekels in illicit funds.
The State Attorney's Office announced that it is considering filing indictments against Petah Tikva Mayor Rami Greenberg, municipal CEO Yaniv Benita, and eight other suspects, pending a hearing. The high-profile case centers on severe allegations of bribery, fraud, breach of trust, forgery, and tax offenses connected to the 2018 municipal election campaigns.
According to the findings of the Economic Department, Greenberg allegedly accepted illicit benefits exceeding one million shekels during the election cycle. Investigators state that business figures and close associates, including Yaniv Benita, financed the mayor's campaign expenses in exchange for official actions and commitments performed before and after his election.
The evidence gathered suggests that several suspects orchestrated schemes to conceal the bribe payments and submit fraudulent reports to the State Comptroller regarding campaign financing, utilizing falsified documents. Alongside Greenberg and Benita, potential indictments face businessmen Moshe Sadon, Netanel Zar, and Amnon Ben Ami for alleged bribery, as well as Moshe Greenberg, Adv. Tal Gershtin, Adv. Shai Partosh, and Nir Benita for campaign financing falsification offenses.
The extensive investigations were jointly conducted by the National Fraud Investigations Unit of the Israel Police and the Tax Authority's Diamond Unit. All named individuals retain the legal right to a pre-indictment hearing before formal charges are officially filed in court.
