El Al Israel Airways (TASE: ELAL) chairperson Amikam Ben Zvi has been questioned on suspicion of involvement within the graft affair wherein the mayor of Netivot, Yehiel Zohar, can also be underneath investigation, Israel Police confirmed immediately. The investigation pertains to actual property tasks in Netivot. Ben Zvi is among the contractors questioned within the affair.
At little over every week in the past it was reported {that a} covert investigation by the police Lahav 433 Nationwide Fraud Unit had change into overt. The police reported on the time that it had carried out searches and that individuals suspected of involvement within the affair had been summoned for questioning. The financial division of the State Legal professional’s Workplace is supervising the investigation.
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Ben Zvi, a former chairperson of the Requirements Establishment of Israel, owns and runs MBZ Development Firm Ltd. He served up to now as CEO of Schindler Nechushtan Elevators Ltd and of state-owned housing firm Amidar.
Ben Zvi’s lawyer Adv. Nati Simchony stated, “Mr. Ben Zvi respects the legislation enforcement authorities, is cooperating totally, and is for certain that on the finish of the investigation it can change into clear that his conduct has been irreproachable. It’s necessary to emphasize that this inquiry has no connection in anyway to his position as chairperson of the El Al board of administrators.”
Amikam Ben Zvi has been questioned on this affair, has not been indicted, and therefore has not been convicted of any crime, and is entitled to the presumption of innocence.
Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on April 18, 2024.
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