Indeed. During her interrogation, Ms. Shimoni was asked why she signed the contract when she was asked to record a lower amount in the contract than the amount she actually paid. To this she replied, "At that moment I did not know that this was an offense" (p. 1346, s. 1). Ms. Shimoni's answer does not help to formulate a conclusion that her credibility is great. Mrs. Shimoni testified that she is a "computer programmer" in her occupation (p. 1360, paras. 9-10). As a rule, when a person is required to record a different amount in the contract than the amount he pays, there is no need for prior legal knowledge to understand that this is improper conduct. Mrs. Shimoni's innocence is misplaced. In any case, as stated, her partner, Mr. Elia Shimoni, knew at least two and a half weeks prior to that about this demand of the seller, so that Ms. Shimoni's claim that "most of the things were told to us on the same day, on the same day, to me anyway" (p. 1353, paras. 24-26) encapsulates an evasive answer. It is possible that her spouse did not inform her before the date of signing the contract about the seller's demand to register a lower sum in the contract, since he was afraid of her, as he defined it. However, if this is the case, it is better that it turn its attention to it.
Moreover. Since he was present at the signing of the contracts on August 10, 2011 in the presence of the rest of his friends, and was exposed to the uniform version of the contracts, Mr. Shimoni had the opportunity to examine, together with his wife, for about two and a half weeks, the wording of the contract she was required to sign, including with another lawyer. This is only because Mr. Shimoni did not want any obstacle to cloud the possibility of his wife signing the contract.
It is important to emphasize in this context that Mr. Shimoni served from the outset as one of the two plaintiffs' representatives in the entire contractual engagement (paragraph 4(d) of Mr. Horowitz's affidavit; paragraph 5 of the affidavit regarding the transfer of the place of Cohen's hearing; paragraph 71 of the reply). Under these circumstances, after he led his friends to sign the contracts on August 10, 2011, it was clear to Mr. Shimoni that he himself would not be able to refrain from signing the contract later on, through his spouse. For this reason, he ignored all the warning signs as detailed; For this reason, he did not inform his wife about the low amount that should be recorded in the contract compared to the amount actually paid, and for this reason he did not check the wording of the contract with another lawyer, even though he had a lot of time to do so.