Four residents of the Arab Israeli town of Jadeidi-Makr were indicted for allegedly colluding with a former senior official at the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) to fraudulently obtain hundreds of thousands of shekels. According to the indictment reported by N12, the official forged documents and maps to issue fake compensation payments for damages that never occurred, and the defendants withdrew the checks through acquaintances' bank accounts and split the proceeds. They face charges of fraud, theft, and money laundering.
The indictment, reported by N12 at 14:58 Jerusalem, details a scheme involving four residents of Jadeidi-Makr, an Arab Israeli locality in the Galilee, and a former senior official at the Israel Electric Corporation. According to the filing, the official fabricated documents and maps to authorize fictitious compensation payments for electrical infrastructure damage that never occurred. The four defendants then allegedly cashed the checks through the bank accounts of associates and distributed the funds among themselves. No specific timeline for the alleged offenses was provided in the initial report. The case is at the indictment stage; the court has not yet ruled. The Zioneer has no prior coverage of this specific case.
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