An important piece of evidence linking defendants 1 and 3, as main accomplices to these charges and the forgery of the Arab Bank's stamps, is the fact that they contacted Ephraim Meir to obtain them an official Arab Bank paper, which they would use to prepare the forged stamps. Ephraim Meir himself testified to this, and according to him, he obtained a blank letterhead from the Arab Bank in Ramallah and faxed it to defendants 1 and 3. He also testified that the two tried to recruit him to participate in the import of computers and computer components, which are the goods that are the subject of charges 4-7.
On all the bills of lading, through which the goods were released in charges 3-7, bear the same forged stamp of the Arab Bank, which is different from the authentic stamps used by the bank, thus indicating that "the same criminal group committed all the acts of sting that are the subject of charges 3-7".
In the recorded conversation between Yehoshua Chelouche and Defendant 3, Chelouche recounted how the forged stamps were obtained, thus getting himself into trouble as well as Defendant 1. According to Shlosh , "There was someone from Ramallah who received $100 and went and arranged the stamp, everything in the bank."
Alon Granot also testified about the method of operation, who said that in another case of importing paper from the United States, the bill of lading was at the bank's order, and since there was no money to pay for the goods, defendant 1 offered to release it by forging a bank transfer.
To all the import lists, to which the bills of lading with forged sab stamps were attached, false and forged supplier accounts, which were produced in the form of the bills used for the other affairs.
According to the prosecution's approach, it was proven with certainty that defendant 1 was the one who forged the accounts.
The prosecution further argues that there is no dispute that no consideration was paid for the goods, and this can also be proven by the very fact that the Arab Bank forged the conversions.