Interior Minister Aryeh Deri is interrogated for over six hours in a fourth round of police questioning as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into a range of fraud charges against him.
The minister’s wife, Yaffa Deri, is questioned separately for two hours over suspicions of various financial crimes, including tax evasion and using money donated to her nonprofit organization to purchase real estate. She has joined her husband for two of the previous three rounds of questioning.
The head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party is questioned on suspicion of money laundering, fraud, breach of trust and various other alleged offenses, according to police.
Aryeh Deri seen leaving his home in Jerusalem on the way to questioning at the Lahav 433 anti-corruption unit, June 5, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The investigation is a joint effort of the Israel Police, Tel Aviv Income Tax Investigation Division of the Tax Authority, and the Justice Ministry’s Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority, under the supervision of the attorney general.
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