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Police probing Lieberman for alleged money transfer

By Uri Blau and Gidi Weiz

Tags: fraud, Avigdor Lieberman

The National Fraud Police Unit suspects that Yisrael Beitenu head Avigdor Liberman fraudulently continued to be involved in private business ventures while he was infrastructure minister under Ariel Sharon in 2001.

Haaretz has discovered that on Aug 14th 2001, a Cypriot company "Trading Trasimeno" - which police suspect was controlled by Lieberman - transferred $650,000 to an Austrian company owned by Jewish gambling tycoon Martin Schlaff.

This monetary transfer stands at the center of the police's investigation into Lieberman. The police suspect that Lieberman lied to the comptroller and the Knesset Chairman and continued to make private business deals after he was made minister.

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Lieberman's aides said in response to the allegations that Lieberman had no link to the Cypriot company as of April 2001.

Martin Schlaff is also under investigation in Israel in suspicion that he sent former prime minister Ariel Sharon a 3 million dollar bribe.

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1.	It`s a family affair...	11:25	\|	Esther	24/01/08

2.	so why wasn`t he investigated while in government?	13:53	\|	Bruno	24/01/08

3.	When does Haaretz stop foolish public?	17:21	\|	Robert	24/01/08

4.	Probing Lieberman	02:49	\|	Warren	25/01/08

5.	Police probing Lieberman for alleged money transfer	05:46	\|	Martiin List,M.D.	25/01/08

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