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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Police request to extend remand of real estate tycoon arrested in probe of Likud MK
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice ask the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court to extend the remand of a major real estate developer implicated in the widening corruption investigation centering around Likud MK David Bitan and senior Rishon Lezion city officials.
Police want the suspect, a CEO of a construction company with numerous projects in the central Israeli city, to be held in custody another 9 days.
His identity and details about his company are under a gag order.
Earlier in the day, he was questioned at the Lod headquarters of the Israel Police’s national fraud and major crimes unit, Lahav 433.
Police said in a statement that he is suspected of bribery, money laundering and tax evasion.
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