Economic Crimes

The real estate market is facing a wave of negative headlines, including arrests of senior figures, license suspensions, and new investigations. A contractor has now been arrested on suspicion of offsetting fictitious invoices totaling 26 million shekels.

Businessman Dudi Appel is the primary suspect in a case involving the concealment of assets worth tens of millions of shekels. The case also involves Likud tribunal president Michael Kleiner and businesspeople Yaffa and Yitzhak Dayan.

Officers from the Lahav 433 unit have detained several businessmen on suspicion of bankruptcy fraud and asset concealment. The suspects include current and former senior Likud party officials.

VAT and Income Tax offices in Haifa led an extensive joint enforcement operation with the Israel Police, resulting in the seizure of 17 luxury vehicles due to debts totaling approximately 16 million shekels.