An indictment filed Wednesday charges a main suspect with 27 counts for a sophisticated hotel theft scheme in Eilat: a hotel employee allegedly provided a master key card, and his accomplice used it to break into dozens of rooms, stealing cash, credit cards, and valuables and making purchases across the city.
An indictment filed Wednesday at the Eilat Magistrate's Court details a sophisticated hotel theft scheme uncovered by police investigation. According to the charge sheet, a hotel employee is suspected of providing a master key card that gave access to all hotel rooms, and his accomplice used it to break into dozens of rooms. The suspects allegedly stole cash, credit cards, and valuables, and used stolen credit cards to make purchases across Eilat. The indictment against the main suspect includes 27 counts; prosecutors have also requested his detention until the end of proceedings. The second suspect's status was not detailed in the initial report.
The case is the second hotel-related theft incident in recent weeks covered by The Zioneer, though a previous report involved a different location — a Haifa apartment robbery — and is unrelated to this Eilat investigation.
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