In addition, the claim is denied that; The defendant made use of false records or was connected to the concealment of income from the tax authorities.
The claim that the defendant ordered the goods from the suppliers or was involved in ordering the goods is denied, and as far as he knows, the order was made by the merchant Karim Bakir, who operated through the "Mand Electric" company. The goods were ordered for a client from the Palestinian Authority named ICC. ICC and PRL companies were presented to the defendant as a cluster of companies that serve as a platform for PA businessmen, and they operate through them for the purpose of importing goods to the PA and marketing them within the PA.
Needless to say, the claim that these were shell companies, which were under the control of defendant 1 and the other defendants, is also denied.
The allegations regarding the illegal taking of the goods also have no basis, since defendant 1 was not involved in handling the procedures for the shipment of the goods and the customs clearance proceedings.
Those who received the bill of lading from the supplier were Yehoshua Shlosh's clients and they were the ones who delivered the bill of lading to Shlosh, without any involvement of defendant 1 in this matter.
The claim that defendant 1 had any responsibility for marketing the goods, even though he had an interest in the wall in order to be able to sell the goods, in order to be able to finance the costs and expenses of the release. To this end, Bekeir was referred to Shlomo Sweet, who referred him to a customer called "Clinton Electronics Company", which eventually purchased the goods.
Svila's involvement amounted to the fact that it set up its credit line in favor of the import transaction, and in the end it was agreed that it would purchase the goods from the releasing importer, ICT, and would take care of the sale of the goods to customers.
All that defendant 1 did was to mediate between Bekir and the Sevilla company, and that only.