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Investigators from the Fraud Squad raid Sderot municipality offices

By Jonathan Lis and Mijan Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents

Officers from National Fraud Investigation Unit raided Sderot municipality offices on Monday, due to suspicions of mismanagement of the town council, headed by Mayor Eli Moyal.

Several suspects are expected to be questioned on Monday. The mayor is not among them.

Channel 10 reported in July that Moyal is likely to be questioned over suspicions of financial irregularities in two affairs. The first involves suspicions that he manipulated the tender for fortifying structures against Qassam rockets, in favor of the contracting company "Assum," for whom his brother serves as a lawyer.

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The second affair involves painting jobs, and is not connected to fortification work.

Sources from the investigation unit said several months ago that they received information from various sources, including those considered rivals of Moyal, on his management of the municipality.

Due to the conflicts of interests, police are not sure how reliable the information is. Moyal said that issue of the painting jobs has already been settled in court, and that the Assum tender had been conducted according to Home Front Command regulations.

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