The State Prosecutor's Office informed Yossi Azriel, deputy and acting mayor of Kiryat Bialik, and his sons Tom and Ben, that they are considering filing criminal charges subject to a hearing, on suspicion of bribery, breach of trust, and money laundering, N12 reports.
01 · THE DISPATCH
The notification to Yossi Azriel, who serves as deputy and acting mayor of Kiryat Bialik, and his sons marks the latest development in a series of municipal corruption probes in Israel. Last week, the State Prosecutor's Office indicted Beer Yaakov Deputy Mayor Noam Sasson in a separate tender scandal, as The Zioneer reported. The Azriel family now faces a hearing stage before any formal charges are filed.
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