Canadian Nathan Jacobson
Canadian billionaire Nathan Jacobson is behind Harow payments
Jacobson, online credit payment mogul, behind payment to 3H Global, company founded by Ari Harow after leaving PMO's office; Jacobson said to have paid over NIS 500,000 for 'consulting' just two days after company was founded.
The Jewish billionaire who deposited more than half a million shekels
into the bank account of former PMO chief of staff Ari Harow's
newly founded company was Nathan Jacobson, a Canadian who made his fortune in online credit payment services, Channel 10 News reported on Saturday night.
Mere days after retiring as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff, Ari Harow received the sum from the Canadian-Jewish mogul, deposited into the bank account of 3H Global, a company Harow founded only two days prior. An invoice for the payment claimed it was for "consulting."
Jewish Canadian billionaire Nathan Jacobson paid Harow's firm upwards of half a million dollars for "consulting".
Jacobson is something of a controversial figure. About five years ago, he was extradited to the United States on suspicions of money laundering and two years later was surprisingly acquitted of all charges and released.
The businessman is a self-styled close associate of Netanyahu.
Contact with the billionaire was established back when Harow still served in an official capacity at the Prime Minister's Office and before 3H Global was founded, sources close to the investigation said.
Harrow is alleged to have received the funds to act on Jacobson's behalf with PM Netanyahu (Photo: Alex Kolomoisky)
"Their relationship was aimed at promoting the businessman's affairs at the Prime Minister's Office," the sources said. They added that Harow asked Jacobson to forward him the money only after leaving the PMO, requesting the funds to be deposited to the company's bank account.
Account of this affair wasn't initially known to the police, who now intend to question Harow about the matter.
