Charge 15 - Conclusion
- In light of all of the above, I convict the defendants of the offenses attributed to both of them on this charge in relation to income from the motel, in the amount of NIS 123,457 for the year 2018 and sums that cannot be determined for the years 2015-2017.
I also convict the defendant of the offenses attributed to him in this charge in relation to the income from the apartment in Pardes Hanna and his income from bribery and theft by a public servant.
Charge 16
The Indictment
- During the period relevant to the indictment, and as detailed in this indictment, the defendant pocketed bribes in cash in an amount of no less than NIS 270, 370.
- During the period, the defendant carried out various actions with the bribe money, including mixing the bribe money with unreported income as stated in Charge 15.
- In the aforementioned actions, the defendant mixed the bribe money, which is prohibited property, with the rental money, which is also a tax offense, and thus the defendant turned all the receipts, bribe money and rent payments, into prohibited property, in a total amount of NIS 1,079,183.
- Further to the above, on many occasions during the period 2017-2018, as detailed in Appendix B to the indictment, the defendant and the defendant deposited part of the cash on his behalf, i.e., the prohibited property, in the amount of NIS 446 and NIS 410, in the various bank accounts they owned, all with the aim of concealing and disguising the source of the prohibited property, and assimilating it into the financial system.
- In his actions described above, with regard to the cash deposited in the bank accounts after it was mixed in the sum of NIS 410,446, the defendant took an action with prohibited property with the aim of concealing or disguising its source, the identity of the owners of the rights therein, its location, its movements, or taking any action therein.
The statutory provision according to which the defendant is charged is money laundering (an offense under section 3(a) of the Prohibition of Money Laundering Law).