All of Defendant 3's actions for Uri Resh were done in his real name, using his many years of connections in the import industry, with all the orders coming out on Defendant 3's firm paper, stating his correct and true details. Had defendant 3 been an accomplice in Uri Resh's actions, it is reasonable to assume that he would have done so under a straw company and would not have stated his true details. Defendant 1 took advantage of the innocence of defendant 3 and the reputation he had accumulated in the import industry, in order to place him at the forefront of his wrongdoing and to turn him into a kind of buffer between him and the suppliers, from whom he asked Parisi to order the goods.
It also emerges from the evidence that defendant 1 made use of the Planas company belonging to defendant 3, while forging documents and using this company, for the purpose of committing various offenses. If defendant 3 had been an accomplice to the actions of defendant 1, why would this defendant have to go behind Parisi's back and forge the documents of the company, which belongs to defendant 3?
The defense refers to the transcripts of defendant 3's conversations with Uri Resch and Yehoshua Shlosh, which indicate that this was not a conversation between accomplices, but that defendant 3 was "He is external and alien to all actions, and in fact receives 'explanations' in retrospect from both Uri Resh and Three".
In contrast to the other defendants, defendant 3 did not remain silent in his interrogation, but cooperated fully, and as stated, acted alone and on his own, in order to obtain evidence that was not in the possession of the accuser at all.
Since we are dealing with circumstantial evidence, defendant 3 is of the opinion that the conclusion that the accuser strives to reach is not the only possible conclusion, and it is possible to point to other possibilities that lead to his acquittal.
The defense refers to the testimony of Ephraim Meir, who did not mention, even once, Defendant 3 in the framework of Defendant 1's transactions. This defendant pressured Ephraim Meir to obtain him a blank letterhead from the Arab Bank in Ramle, without Defendant 3 having any knowledge of this matter.