Elhanan Tenenbaum's statements in this context are denied by Defendant 1, and according to him, he never deceived suppliers by taking goods without paying for them.
In more detail, it was claimed that Tenenbaum misled the court, by testifying that defendant 1 was the operator and owner of the companies Medes, M.D.S., Ishpil, Glendora, Sky Line, Dan Leers, and others. The defendant was the owner and manager of Meds, M.D.S . and Glendora, together with Roberto Wegman, defendant 5, when these companies provided financing services to other companies.
Defendant 1 denies that he committed fraud against suppliers from abroad during his employment at Glendora, and Tenenbaum was not at all aware of the matter, because he dealt only with the technical parts of the release of the goods. In addition, defendant 1 did not draft letters of credit in a stumbling manner, with the aim of releasing goods without paying for them, while Tenenbaum's claims present a distorted and unworkable reality. All the letters of credit opened by defendant 1 in the past were in good condition and their terms were legitimate. In addition, the defendant did not use forged documents to release goods without paying for it. The things that Tenenbaum attributes to him regarding the fraudulent method are not possible to carry out.
Tenenbaum's claims that fake supplier invoices for reduced amounts were also submitted to the Customs are also denied. For example, Tenenbaum presented an invoice relating to the import of cotton yarn, a duty-free product, and therefore there is no point or economic logic in submitting an invoice for a reduced amount. As part of defendant 1's activities, he did not physically control the goods or the actions to release them, even if he monitored the shipment of the goods and their arrival at the port, so that the customer would not release them without his knowledge.
As to the testimony of the method and the similar acts of Alon Granot, Defendant 1 claims that as part of their joint activities, Granot owed him large sums of money, and this debt grew to the sum of hundreds of thousands of shekels.