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Cops quiz U.K. envoy in money laundering scandal
By Jonathan Lis

Israel's ambassador to Britain, Zvi Heifetz, was questioned by the International Crimes Unit on Friday in connection with the investigation into alleged money-laundering at a Tel Aviv branch of Bank Hapoalim.

Heifetz is a suspected accomplice - along with businessman Vladimir Gussinsky, for whom he worked - for failing to report large money transfers through accounts at that branch.
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Police questioned Heifetz about allegations that he received $1.2 million for an investment in Israel News Corporation, which was planning to set up a television news channel. The suspicion is that Heifetz received the money as a loan to purchase parts of the company, and that in doing so he was fronting for Gussinsky.

In return for the loan, conveyed by another suspected Gussinsky representative, Heifetz was reputedly supposed to transfer company shares to guarantee the loan, but the company never came into being.

During questioning Friday, police presented Heifetz with documents said to be incriminating.

The police are investigating whether this case can be tied into an ongoing investigation against Gussinsky on reporting offenses under the laundering act, among other things surrounding Heifetz and Gussinsky's financial doings at the Bank Hapoalim branch in question
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