A representative of the customs brokerage company, Igor Citris, spoke about the handling of the release of the goods in his office, when he said that he was in contact with Yehoshua Shlosh, who asked to send the goods urgently to a site near Modiin.
Yehoshua Chelouche's involvement in the release of the goods was also testified by Gideon Geller, of the customs brokerage company Yeshline.
In this case, too, a false supplier's account issued by Trust Exports Pte Ltd was attached to the import register, with the value of the goods being $84,050, while according to the real supplier's account, the value of the goods was $413,800.
It can be determined, on the basis of all the evidence presented with respect to the indictments group 3-7, that the false supplier's account was prepared by defendant 1, with the intention of reducing the payment of import taxes.
After the customs officials exposed the fraudulent acts described in indictment No. 6, the boxes of goods were emptied of their true contents, and stones were placed in their place. The dummy shipment was underway, all the while there was an extensive exchange of communication between Yehoshua Chelouche and Defendant 1, and Defendant 4, Avi Kalmaro. Many conversations were also held with the carrier, the late Semyon Benisch, as appears from the transcripts of the conversations (P/353 and P/354).
The prosecution rightly points out that if it were a client from the Palestinian Authority, then it would have been expected that conversations would take place with that client regarding the goods that were released, while the parties that appear in all the media data are defendants 1, 4 and Yehoshua 3.
The dummy shipment arrived at the meeting place, where none other than defendant 4, Avi Kalmaro, was waiting for him, and as was documented by the customs investigators and the police, he was caught in the spoon, while he was working to transfer the goods to him.
On the basis of the evidence presented to me, I convict defendants 1 and 3 of two offenses of forgery of a document with the intention of obtaining something through it under aggravated circumstances, under section 418 of the Penal Law; and two offenses of using a forged document, under section 420 of the Penal Law.