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Police close investigation against MK Sharoni

Probe reveals Pensioners Party member had merely changed the signatories on a document that allowed the party to withdraw funds from its bank account, but had done so with transparency and had not used the subsequent funds inappropriately

A police file for Knesset Member Moshe Sharoni (Pensioners Party) has been closed, the Tel Aviv prosecutor's office announced Monday. The MK had been under investigation by the National Fraud Unit under suspicion of forging documents, false registration, fraud and breach of trust in regards to his faction's bank account.

 

Police investigators had previously recommended that Sharoni be indicted.

 

In 2007 the national fraud unit launched the investigation following allegations of irregularities in the management of the Pensioners Party's bank account. The investigation centered on a complaint regarding a document that allowed the party to withdraw funds from its bank account without the authorization of party secretary Navah Arad.

 

According to a statement issued by the Justice Ministry, police found that Sharoni had merely changed the signatories on a document that allowed the party to withdraw funds from its bank account, but had done so with transparency and had not used the subsequent funds inappropriately.

 

The Police investigation further revealed that the complaint, filed well after the party's heads had been informed of the change and approved it, was related to party infighting.

 

In addition, the Justice Ministry said that a short while after the complaint had been made public Minister Rafi Eitan commented that Sharoni was authorized to change the document as he was party chairman at the time.

 


פרסום ראשון: 01.26.09, 20:27
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