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Criminal Case (Haifa) 44064-11-20 State of Israel v. Shakib Abu Rukun - part 22

March 19, 2026
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The defendant, with Majda's assistance, received the sum of ILS 182,000 fraudulently under aggravated circumstances.

The Facts of the Twelfth Indictment

  1. At a date unknown to the accuser, at the beginning of August 2018, the defendant approached Ammar Makleda (hereinafter: "Maklada") and offered him to purchase a plot owned by Dan Cohen (from the tenth and eleventh indictments). Maklada accepted the offer, and the defendant told the keypad that they should meet with the owner and his lawyer in order to conclude the sale transaction, knowing that the owner lives in the United States and is not aware of and agrees to the transaction.

Later, at a date not known to the accuser, Makalda, the defendant and a person whose identity is unknown to the accuser (hereinafter: "the impostor") met in a café in Karmiel in order to conclude the sale of the plot.  The defendant and the impostor presented the keyboard with a false representation that the impostor's name was Dan Cohen and he was the owner of the plot (hereinafter: "misrepresentation").  Keyboard believed the misrepresentation.  After false negotiations, it was agreed between the parties that the price of the plot would be ILS 110,000.

Further to the above, he paid the impostor the sum of ILS 75,000 in cash, and gave the defendant a deferred check, in his name on the orders of Dan Cohen, in the sum of ILS 35,000 (hereinafter: "the first check").  On this occasion, as part of the misrepresentation, the defendant presented a document that appeared to be a sale agreement.  According to the document, which is expected to be a sale agreement, Cohen undertakes to sell 1,000/13,147 lots (representing an area of 1,000 square meters) of the land to the keyboard for a fee of ILS 110,000 (hereinafter: the "Sale Agreement").  The defendant signed the keyboard and impersonated the sale agreement.  The impostor signed in Cohen's name, without Cohen's knowledge and consent, and without lawful authority.

About two weeks later, on a date that is not known to the accuser, moving to September 2018, the defendant met with a keyboard, and since the rights of the keyboard were not registered in the plot, the defendant returned the first check to the keyboard.  On the same date, he handed the defendant another deferred check in his name, on the orders of Dan Cohen, in the sum of ILS 34,500, whose payment date is September 25, 2018 (hereinafter: "the second check").  The defendant or anyone on his behalf forged the second check, by signing the signature of the defendant, which was supposed to be Cohen's signature, the check was deposited and returned for technical reasons.

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