Jerusalem antiquity dealers arrested for con
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The Israel Police arrested five antiquities dealers from east Jerusalem on Sunday for large-scale tax offense.
Police spokesman Luba Samri said luxury cars, some $200,000 in cash and various antiquities were confiscated in a raid on the suspects' homes and offices. The antiquities seized included ancient parchment pieces written in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin, as well as ancient weapons, sculptures from the Hellenistic and Roman periods, pottery and bronze, silver and gold coins.
Samri said the raid followed a joint investigation with American law enforcement agencies who were informed about Israeli antiquity dealers who had issued fake receipts and invoices over the past seven years.
That led to an undercover operation that exposed the scheme.
