Corruption suspicions against Interior Minister Aryeh Deri as part of a criminal investigation into him and his wife are “significantly more serious” that previously assumed, Channel 2 News quotes a senior law enforcement official as saying.
Deri is suspected of diverting hundreds of thousands of shekels in state funds to NGOs run by members of his immediate family, as well as suspected tax fraud linked to the sale of apartments to his brother.
Investigators have questioned both Deri and his wife, Yaffa, who runs two of the organizations, Mifalot Simcha and Yehudia Yaale, that allegedly received the public funds.
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and his wife Yaffa, seen leaving their home in Jerusalem, May 29, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
“No one knows where the money went, what is clear, is that hundreds of thousands of shekels has been hidden,” the official is said to have told Channel 2 news.
Deri and his wife could face possible charges of theft, fraud and tax evasion.
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