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Police: Olmert travel expenses probe likely to yield indictment By Jonathan Lis Tags: rishon tours  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is suspected of paying for dozens of family flights with money he received via the Rishon Tours travel agency. Each organization that paid Olmert's travel bills through Rishon Tours believed its contributions were covering Olmert's working trips abroad, and was not aware that several different organizations were actually financing the same flights. "We're talking about many family trips, of at least two family members each time, whose tickets were covered by that account in Rishon Tours," Police sources said Monday. Advertisement The police have asked Olmert to schedule another interview within two weeks. The next questioning session is expected to be longer than the previous ones. During that period, the prosecution is expected to decide whether it could indict Olmert. "The Rishon Tours case is clear cut and well-based, and will probably result in an indictment," sources familiar with the investigation said. Police raided Rishon Tours' Rishon Letzion office a few weeks ago, and found receipts that allegedly indicated that several bodies had financed the same flights for Olmert. The police are focusing on at least 12 flights that Olmert had taken while serving in previous positions. While Olmert allegedly received state funding for work trips, his flight coordinator Rachel Risby-Raz and former bureau chief Shula Zaken asked one or more other public bodies to finance the same flights. The surplus money in Olmert's Rishon Tours account exceeded NIS 110,000, which police suspect was used to pay for Olmert and his family members' private flights. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Internal fighting Human rights groups say torture is widespread in Palestinian lockups. Danger looms Pentagon chief Robert Gates warns: War with Iran would be 'disastrous.'   1.   I smell a rat 04:59  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 22/07/08   2.   A strange reckoning... 07:39  |  Esther 22/07/08   3.   You "smell a rat" but there is perfume too :-) 08:08  |  redmike 22/07/08   4.   give olmert Israeli prize for corruption 10:32  |  avi 22/07/08   5.   Why to interrogte the `Magnificent Manipulator` Olmert? 11:44  |  Dolly 22/07/08   6.   olmert is now totally dependant upon the mazuz leftists 12:56  |  sq3r 22/07/08   7.   "Olmert- the-Crook" 13:03  |  Nora 22/07/08   8.   Olmert needs to step down NOW 16:22  |  Dish It Out 22/07/08   9.   Why are Israelis so indifferent? 17:56  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 22/07/08   10.   If this is only a Game being played by the Judicial System 19:22  |  justiceforall 22/07/08   11.   Only` Family Trips` for an Indictment...? 19:27  |  Dagma 22/07/08   12.   Demonstration against Mazuz 20:21  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 22/07/08   13.   To Rabbi Yacov Lazaros # 11 - Thank you for your support, 22:11  |  Dagma 22/07/08   14.   Travel Expenses Probe is NOT likely to yield 22:23  |  Onlooker 22/07/08   15.   The `Olmert Conspiracy` 22:44  |  Jeremy Kohn 22/07/08   16.   #1 Indict Olmert NOW 21:55  |  Rozz 24/07/08   17.   Olmert; Mazuz and perhaps more????? 22:28  |  Rozz 24/07/08   18.   A heavy load to bear 22:42  |  Rozz 24/07/08   19.   PLEASE DON`T GET THE PEOPLE`S HOPES UP ONLY TO DASH THEM AGAIN!!! 17:41  |  glenna 30/07/08

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