Petah Tikva mayor detained for questioning on suspicion of bribery, breach of trust

Petah Tikva Mayor Rami Greenberg has been detained for questioning by the Israel Police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit on suspicion of involvement in bribery and breach of trust offenses, Hebrew media report.

The director general of the Petah Tikva municipality has been detained for questioning as well, reports add.

Greenberg, along with several of his associates, is the subject of an ongoing corruption probe into allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, false registration of corporate documents, money laundering and tax crimes.

Greenberg was previously arrested and released to house arrest in August 2022.

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