Another suspect questioned in Bezeq fraud case

Police say they have detained and questioned another suspect in the Bezeq fraud case that has roiled the country.

Police will bring the suspect for a remand hearing later in the day. His name is barred from publication.

The case has seen two of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close associates arrested and one has turned state’s witness. Netanyahu is expected to be questioned in the coming days.

In the probe,  dubbed Case 4000, Netanyahu is suspected of furthering a deal under which Shaul Elovitch, owner of the Walla news site and the controlling shareholder of the Bezeq communications company, swayed coverage of Netanyahu and his family on Walla, in exchange for the Communications Ministry enacting policies potentially worth hundreds of millions of shekels for Elovitch.

Netanyahu was acting communications minister at the time.