A real estate company carried out a NIS 3.8 million bank transfer based on a forged payment voucher purportedly issued by a municipality, according to an Israeli media report. The company received the forged document from an unknown source.
A real estate company transferred NIS 3.8 million based on what it believed was a legitimate municipal payment voucher, according to a report circulating in Israeli media channels. The voucher — purportedly issued by a municipality — later appeared to be forged, and the company had received it from an unknown source. The incident is under investigation.
As The Zioneer reported on July 5, Migdal Top Real Estate had petitioned a court to compel Bank Leumi to disclose the recipient account's identifying details, alleging the transfer was based on forged vouchers purporting to be from the Tel Aviv Municipality. The current report appears to be from an earlier stage of the same or a closely related fraud case, describing the initial fraudulent transfer before the legal proceedings began. The bank had previously refused to provide the information, citing bank secrecy.
The total amount involved — NIS 3.8 million — matches the sum at the center of the court petition. The exact municipality named in the voucher has not been confirmed in this report, nor have the identity of the unknown source or the recipient account holder been disclosed.
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