Former Tax Authority Chief Eitan Rov is expected to be released from custody Thursday evening after his interrogation at the police's Fraud Investigation Unit will be completed.
Rov who was questioned for the third day in a row, will apparently be released to house arrest.
The investigation of senior Tax Authority officials and businesspeople involved in an alleged corruption affair continued Thursday.
According to suspicions, businesspeople bribed the Tax Authority heads and in return were allowed to appoint their associates to senior positions in the authority. The same senior officials provided tax relief to the businesspeople, sped up procedures and cut their debts.
The most senior official interrogated is Tax Authority Chief Jacky Matza, 38, who was appointed eight months before last year's Knesset elections. His remand was extended by six days on Tuesday. Matza is suspected of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Yoram Karashi, the brother of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert 'sbureau chief, is suspected of taking advantage of his close relations with the senior officials and with his sister in order to interfere with appointments in the Tax Authority.
His sister, Shula Zaken, is suspected of mediating between the businesspeople, her associates and senior Tax Authority officials. She was released on bail of NIS 100,000 (about USD 23,854) to house arrest on Tuesday evening.