A: Yes.
The Court: Oh, to disguise it?
The court: In order to hide that it is improper.
A: Right.
The Court: And the accountant in Langa is... He is the man.
A: The accountant in Langa ... - - - -
Q: Is he the tax advisor you mentioned in the answer?
A: That I mentioned in the repentance."
(p. 95, paras. 23-35; p. 96, paras. 1-5 of the transcript)
- If that were not enough, there is no escaping the conclusion that the transfer of funds between the parties was tainted by attempts to conceal it from the tax authorities, given that a significant part of these transfers were made in cash, often in the hands of anonymous third parties whose role was to liaise Baruch (or his wife) with Segal. Baruch's response was attached as Appendix 8 a table that according to him was prepared by him together with his wife, detailing numerous financial transfers up to October 25, 2020, amounting to NIS 2.947 million (the "Table of Payments 10/2020"). Baruch's testimony indicates that some of those money transfers were made "in a wrong way":
Q: Now look. in... In this table there are many, many, many names, that... That we... that I don't know. There's Hili, there's here... Uh... There are a thousand here, you got sick... Anjin and other priests and priests.
A: That's what I'm here for.
Q: The name is a second. The name – Mr. Segal's first name, Yair – will appear here a few times. So far, right?
A: Very true.
Q: Nice. Now, there are a lot of lines here in this document that talk about cash payments.
A: That's right.
Q: That's right. Where do you get so much cash from?
A: Wait, are you an income tax?
Q: I'm asking you and you'll answer.
A: I have as much as I want.
Q: As much as you want.
A: I have a company, in Hungary, that I can distribute a dividend to myself – what is it, I'm a company that builds. Did I make a profit?
The court: No, he is asking you... The money is fine. Why not a bank transfer?
A: Because all the transfers that took place are very simple. You will see in the correspondence. Yair asks: My yacht partner is coming - give him fifty thousand shekels. It is written. Pass it on to Baa [Baruch's wife, H.B.], a guy named Nimrod Rinot. He deserves to come - writes: I received 50,000 euros from you. Then he writes: Listen, the driver from Yugoslavia will come to me, transfer him to Poland.