Police have arrested an employee of the United Hatzalah first aid organization on suspicion of embezzling hundreds of thousands of shekels of its funds, and she will be kept in custody at least until Sunday.
In a statement, Israel Police say the suspect, a resident of the town of Shoham in her 30s, had worked at United Hatzalah as part of a prisoner rehabilitation program after completing a term behind bars for a previous offense.
She was in charge of dealing with garages regarding damages from traffic accidents involving the organization’s vehicles.
She is suspected of presenting fictitious invoices from multiple garages around the country regarding “damage” to citizens’ vehicles from accidents involving United Hatzalah vehicles that in fact never took place.
The money subsequently transferred from the organization was then handed to the suspect and to her relatives, as well as to businesses around the country, “all for her personal benefit,” police say.
Her sister has also been arrested on suspicion of receiving large sums of money as part of the scheme.
The investigation was initiated following a complaint from United Hatzalah’s management.
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