State prosecutors filed an indictment Sunday against Beer Yaakov Deputy Mayor Noam Sasson and six other defendants—contractors and companies—alleging corruption, fraud, and breach of trust in municipal tenders worth millions of shekels, Israeli media report.
State prosecutors filed an indictment Sunday against Beer Yaakov Deputy Mayor Noam Sasson and six additional defendants—including contractors and companies—on charges of corruption, fraud, breach of trust, and offenses under the public integrity and anti-corruption laws, according to Israeli media reports.
The case centers on allegations of systematic manipulation of municipal tenders worth millions of shekels, with the indictment attributing different offenses to each defendant according to their alleged role.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Sunday, a separate corruption case involving Beer Yaakov had already been exposed in the Shfela region—that case concerned school renovation contracts and rigged transportation tenders, with threats against a witness and alleged fraud totaling approximately NIS 20 million. Sunday's indictment names the sitting deputy mayor directly, marking a significant escalation in the municipal corruption probe.
The specific details of each defendant's alleged involvement, the total financial scope of this tender fraud, and whether further arrests are expected remain unconfirmed.
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