A former minister and associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was named Monday as a suspect in the ongoing and ever-expanding corruption investigation into the multi-million-dollar purchase of naval vessels from Germany.
Eliezer (Modi) Sandberg, who served short stints as Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of National Infrastructure in 2003 and 2004, was questioned at the police’s anti-corruption unit Lahav 433 in Lod Monday morning, before being formally arrested on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust and conspiring to commit a crime.
His identity, initially withheld by a gag order, was cleared for publication by the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court during his remand hearing on Monday evening.
Currently serving as the World Chairman of Keren Hayesod and a partner in the H2 Technology venture capital fund, Sandberg was first elected to the Knesset in 1992 and served 14 years as an MK in the now-defunct Tzomet and Shinui parties.
— Raoul Wootliff
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