At Ben-Eliezer's request, the defendant transferred the sum of NIS 260,000 from his account at Union Bank to the account of Adv. Lifshitz, who served as a receiver representing the "Amit Gal" company, from which the plot in Ness Ziona was purchased. The transfer of funds was split into two different transfers, the first of which was NIS 250,000 on August 21, 2011; and the second, in the sum of NIS 10,000, was carried out on August 23, 2011.
It was claimed that in the transfer of the sum of NIS 260,000 in two bank transfers to the receiver's account for the purchase of a plot registered in the name of Yariv and the Ben-Eliezer Municipality, and not in the name of Ben-Eliezer, Ben-Eliezer and the defendant committed an act with bribe money, which is an action with prohibited property as defined in the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law, with the aim of concealing or disguising its source, the identity of the owners of the rights therein, its location, its movements or the taking of action therein. It is important to note that the offenses of the prohibition of money laundering are attributed to the defendant only in relation to this alleged financial transfer.
On September 30, 2012, the plot in Nes Ziona was sold for NIS 1,580,000, and the money received from the sale of the lot was transferred to Ben-Eliezer, even though his son Yariv and his son's wife Irit were registered as owners of the lot. It was further claimed that as of the date of the beginning of the investigation, Ben-Eliezer had not returned to the defendant the sum of money he had received from him.
The Second Transfer of Funds - On November 24, 2011, Ben-Eliezer entered into a contract for the purchase of the house in Jaffa, and according to the contract, Ben-Eliezer was to pay a payment of NIS 1,700,000 on January 24, 2012. On January 22, 2012, Ben-Eliezer contacted the defendant and asked him for the sum of NIS 500,000 for the purpose of financing the purchase of the house in Jaffa. The defendant agreed to Ben-Eliezer's request, which was presented as a loan, even though it was a very high amount, without agreeing on any interest, without guarantors, and without agreeing on a date for the repayment of the amount. On January 22, 2012, the defendant transferred Ben-Eliezer a check for NIS 500,000 from his account at Union Bank, and Ben-Eliezer deposited the check into his personal account. It was claimed that as of the date of the beginning of the investigation, Ben-Eliezer had not returned to the defendant the money he had received from him.