Prosecutors shut probe into cybersecurity company once chaired by Gantz

A criminal investigation into the dealings of a now-bankrupt company that had been chaired by National Unity leader and former defense minister Benny Gantz is closed without charges being brought.

A State Comptroller’s report in 2019 raised suspicions that Gantz’s Fifth Dimension cybersecurity company presented the Israel Police with misleading information which helped it secure a NIS 4 million ($1.1 million) grant for an artificial intelligence product it was developing.

State Attorney Amit Aisman says, however, that after an “exhaustive examination” of the issues involved in this case by officials who conducted the investigation, he is closing the case.

Aisman states that evidence gathered in the investigation does not establish a causal link between the erroneous information provided by Fifth Dimension and the police’s provision of the grant to the company.

He also finds that the erroneous information did not amount to misrepresentations at the level required for criminal prosecution.

The investigation was launched in the dying days of the March 2020 election campaign, held after the electoral stalemate of the April and September 2019 elections.