Investigators from the Fraud Squad raid Sderot municipality offices
Raid conducted in wake of suspicions of mismanagement of the town council, headed by Eli Moyal.
By Jonathan Lis and Mijan Grinberg Tags: SderotOfficers 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.
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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Smell a rat?? Sure --another trick by the corrupt olmert to get out of replieing to the country about security and protection of sderot.There is now monkey business only the government obsession to distract fire against it about the assistance for sderot.Let the IDF protect sderot against the kassams and olmert instead of again fighting pioneering jews in the west bank.
Instead of sending in the military to sort out the missile problem, the boys in blue are sent in to see if Sderot runs like the rest of the country, i.e. corruptly. Alla question of priorities. Lets hope the Fraud Squad are missiled out.