A senior figure who served as a Knesset member and a businessman with ties to the Likud party are being questioned by Israeli police, according to reports. The investigation was transferred from the Justice Ministry to police, and the suspects were detained hours ago.
The questioning of a former Knesset member and a businessman with ties to the Likud party has begun, with the investigation transferred from the Justice Ministry to police, according to reports. The suspects were detained in recent hours, marking the latest phase in a widening criminal probe involving Likud-affiliated figures.
At 12:33 Jerusalem time, The Zioneer reported that former senior Likud officials were detained for questioning on suspicion of economic offenses involving millions of shekels. Subsequent reports specified that the probe includes a former MK and senior Likud official suspected of tax evasion totaling tens of millions of shekels, and that a senior Likud figure and a former contractor were detained on suspicion of asset smuggling. The series of detentions unfolded within the same hour.
The Zioneer has previously reported on internal Likud conflicts involving a senior party official under investigation, as well as broader economic crime investigations such as the Menora corruption probe, where police seized 183 million shekels. The current probe appears to be an expansion of scrutiny on figures linked to the ruling party.
The specific allegations against the former MK and businessman have not been disclosed, and their identities remain under a publication ban. It is unclear whether the cases are directly connected or part of separate lines of inquiry within the same investigation.
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