The person who sold the documents for the release of the goods (televisions of various models and radiotapes) to the Clinton Electronics Company was Shlomo Sweet, who noted in his statement (P/272) that : " I sold televisions in the quantities and models that you present to me in document LB.2. The TVs were owned by Uri Resch, and I sold them to Clinton Electronics."
Shlomo Matuk also said that defendant 1 told him to issue invoices on behalf of the Marig company, and he acted according to his instructions. In addition, Shlomo Matuk claimed that it was Defendant 1 who set the prices of the transaction with Clinton Electronics.
Shlomo Arbiv, the manager of Clinton Electronics, stated in his testimony in court that he purchased the televisions and documents to release some of the goods, against the invoices of Schloss and Merig. P/262 and P/263 are invoices issued to Clinton Electronics for television sets and radiotapes sold to it as part of this transaction.
The prosecution claims that behind the submission of the lists, to which the forged sales accounts were attached, is defendant 1, at least as a joint perpetrator. This is because he alone prepared the false PLANAS accounts, and he was the one who acted on behalf of Schloss, which was falsely presented as the importer of the goods. In addition, the prosecution relies on the fact that in this transaction the invoices of the Marig company, which it claims is a straw company, which was also used by defendant 1 for his criminal needs.
Even without addressing, at this stage, to defendant 1's connections with the Marig company, I determine, on the basis of the evidence presented to me, that it was defendant 1 who was behind the submission of the false documents, which were intended for the release of the goods that are the subject of the twelfth indictment, while reducing the import taxes.
As I stated in my remarks regarding the previous charges, the false sales account of PLANAS was prepared by defendant 1, exclusively, and he was the one who made sure to present Schloss as a person involved in the import transaction, and also in a false manner, which does not correspond to reality.