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IDF credit card theft: Soldier to remain in custody

Jaffa Military Court extend remand of soldier suspected of stealing chief of staff's credit card and gun by addition five days. Suspect's lawyer: He was pressured, and ultimately snapped

A soldier suspected of stealing Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi's credit card was brought before the Military Court in Jaffa Tuesday, where his remand was extended by five days. The story first broke in a Ynet report.

 

The soldier's lawyer, Idan Pesach, said in response, "The materials we received only reinforce claims that pressures were put on my client for an extended period of time until he ultimately snapped."


The soldier being brought to court (Photo: Yaron Brener)

 

Investigation of the case started when a guard on Kirya base was attacked and his personal weapon stolen. While investigating the incident, police came across a soldier suspected of carrying out the attack.

 

A short time later, it became clear that the said soldier also obtained the Ashkenazi's credit card information and transferred it to an Arab civilian with whom he was in contact as part of a stolen weapons trade deal.

 

The same soldier transferred the credit card details to other colleagues who racked up a bill of about NIS 2000 (about $525) at Ashkenazi's expense. The soldier is suspected of having said to his Arab friend: "You can use the card to close the debt between us. It's my dad's."

 

The indictment, which was issued against the soldier's brother and an Arab from Qalansuwa, describes how the soldier broke into the chief of staff's office.

 

The soldier allegedly broke into the office to prepare a hot drink for himself when he came across the collector's item gun and then sold it to the Qalansuwa resident. A few days later, after discovering that the weapon is not usable, the Qalansuwa resident demanded his money back from the soldier.

 


פרסום ראשון: 08.18.09, 15:24
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