Seven IDF, police officers indicted on corruption charges, pocketing NIS 50 million

State prosecutors file indictments in the Central-Lod District Court against seven IDF and police officers on charges of taking bribes, theft by a public servant, money laundering, obstruction of justice, tax offenses and other crimes.

The indictment was based on a joint investigation by the Shin Bet, the Israel Police, IDF Military Police, and the Department for Internal Police Investigations in the State Attorney’s Office.

The defendants, members of “operational units” in the IDF and police, “abused their office and their authorities” over the course of several months and pocketed sums of money and property amounting to tens of millions of shekels, the State Attorney’s Office said.

Most of the defendants laundered the money through cryptocurrency. State law enforcement agencies seized over NIS 50 million during the course of the investigation.

According to the indictment, three of the defendants sought to destroy evidence of their crimes after they discovered that an investigation was underway and one of the suspects had been arrested.

Exact details regarding the nature of the criminal activity committed by the seven defendants were banned from publication by the court.

The State Attorney’s Office has requested that the court keep four of the defendants in detention until the end of legal proceedings against them, and requested restricted release conditions against the other three.