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Associate of Likud MK refuses to turn state’s witness in bribery case — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn associate of Likud MK David Bitan is refusing to turn state’s witness in a case involving suspicions that the lawmaker accepted bribes in exchange for awarding construction tenders while he served as deputy mayor of Rishon Lezion, Hadashot TV news reports.
The TV channel says, however, that Moshe Yosef is nearing a plea deal with investigators in which he would confess to assisting Bitan accept bribes, under which he would serve 18 months in prison.
Yosef is suspected of acting as Bitan’s “bank” and facilitating bribes on behalf of the lawmaker. Reports have said police are in possession of recordings of Bitan and Yosef counting bribe money in the latter’s furniture store in Rishon Lezion.
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