Criminal Case (Jerusalem) 54589-02-17 State of Israel v. Oshri Sharon - part 37

As part of the attempt to distance himself from the e-mail correspondence and the fact that he paid attention to them, including the message that Shachar sent him with Harel's prices to Balam Indra (P/289), Zeiger claimed in his testimony "Shachar does not interest me, I do not do business with Shahar, I have never done business with Shahar, what does it matter to me what Shachar, why do I have to deal with what Shachar" (p.  5888, S.  17-21).  However, this testimony was not reliable and should not be accepted.  This is an attempt by Zeiger to distance himself from any contact with Shahar, who played a significant role in the arrangements that are the subject of the indictment.  The evidence shows that Zeiger denied that he had seen similar inquiries by Shachar even where there was clear evidence that he not only received them but also acted in accordance with them (for example, P/600, where Shachar contacted Zeiger and informed him that Shahar would submit an offer to the customer at a higher price than Harel's, and asked Zeiger for the price he wanted to submit; Zeiger referred the matter to a saleswoman at Harel who worked under him, He instructed her to speak to him, and she sent him the asking price (ibid., at p.  4); Here, too, Zeiger claimed in his testimony that he did not see or respond to Shachar's e-mail message to him, and again that he does not do business with Shachar, p.  5999, paras.  13-18, and contrary to real-time evidence).  This, too, casts a heavy shadow over the reliability of Zeiger's version that he did not read or relate to the e-mails from Shachar (and this without addressing the content of the correspondence that is the subject of P/600 and the question of whether it was a matter of prohibited coordination, since this case was not included in the indictment; and see also P/598, where Zeiger also acted in response to a request from me; and P/267, which will be discussed below on the thirteenth charge, See paragraph 802 below).  Zeiger's version that he did not refer to Shachar and that he did not 'tell' him is also inconsistent with Zeiger's testimony elsewhere (e.g., p.  5288, paras.  4-7, p.  5592, paras.  14-21, p.  5593, paras.  10-16, where he testified that after Harel obtained the Comptroller General's agreement, he called Shahar on his own initiative).