Police grill Lieberman for fourth time in graft probe

Police questioned Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday as part of a corruption probe against him for the fourth time since he took office as foreign minister.

The questioning, which lasted for about eight hours, took place at the National Fraud Investigation Unit.

The last time the Yisrael Beiteinu leader was quizzed in the probe was about a month ago. After that session, police estimated that he would need to be questioned once more before the fraud squad detectives could complete their work and hand over material from the investigation to the State Prosecutor's Office.

According to police estimates, material gathered in the probe thus far provides an evidential basis for charges of money laundering, fraud and breach of trust.

Investigators are also examining the possibility of adding bribery charges to the list.

Channel 2 reported shortly before Lieberman was last questioned that he has also been grilled over suspicions of obstructing the probe against him.