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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 573

securities fraud

Then-Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon speaks at a press conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem. November 11, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
September 17, 2024, 7:06 pm
Ex-finance minister Kahlon expected to be charged with securities fraud
Kahlon, who served as chairman of the board of credit company Unet Credit, allegedly instructed a compliance officer not to inform others after serious embezzlement uncovered
By Jeremy Sharon
Shaul Elovitch arrives at the Jerusalem District Court on May 24, 2020. (Amit Shabi/Pool/Flash90)
December 23, 2020, 1:05 pm
Bezeq ex-owner Elovitch indicted in case that led to probe against Netanyahu
Tycoon and series of former executives accused of securities fraud; prosecutors say they’re weighing filing charges against Walla, Yedioth Ahronoth media groups in Case 4000
By Michael Bachner
Former Chairman of IDB Group Nochi Dankner is released from Maasiyahu Prison in Lod, February 2, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 2, 2020, 12:54 pm
With sentence commuted, tycoon Nochi Dankner released from prison
Former controlling shareholder of IDB, who was convicted of massive financial fraud, walks free after parole board grants him early release
By ToI Staff
Former IDB Group chairman Nochi Dankner (center) seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on April 23, 2018, as he arrives for his appeal of his conviction for stock manipulation. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 30, 2020, 5:46 pm
Jailed tycoon Nochi Dankner wins early parole
Former controlling shareholder of IDB had his three-year sentence for massive financial fraud commuted by President Rivlin earlier this month
By ToI Staff
Former IDB Group chairman Nochi Dankner (center) seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on April 23, 2018, as he arrives for his appeal of his conviction for stock manipulation. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 10, 2019, 7:50 pm
Pardon for jailed tycoon Nochi Dankner delayed by new police probe
Partial lifting of gag order reveals why President Rivlin froze the clemency application of one of Israel’s most prominent businessmen
By ToI Staff
Former chairman of IDB Group Nochi Dankner seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on April 23, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 30, 2018, 2:42 pm
With ‘king of tycoons’ off to jail, courts signal crackdown on financial crime
Lengthening of Nochi Dankner’s sentence for securities fraud sends clear message that white-collar crime will not be tolerated, say economic observers
By Shoshanna Solomon
Kobi Alexander attends a fundraising dinner in New York in November 2005. (AP/David Karp)
March 5, 2018, 5:13 pm
Tech CEO transferred from New York to Israeli jail to complete fraud sentence
Former Comverse chief Kobi Alexander, serving 30 months for manipulating stock options, awaiting final judge approval in Israeli detention facility
By ToI Staff
Kobi Alexander attends a fundraising dinner in New York in November 2005. (AP/David Karp)
March 1, 2018, 4:35 pm
Tech CEO jailed in US fraud case is to be transferred to Israel
Former Comverse chief Kobi Alexander serving 30 months for manipulating stock options to serve out rest of sentence in Israel, at his request
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a trading room floor. (Rawpixel, iStock Images)
July 17, 2017, 9:13 am
At least 12 under criminal investigation for binary options, forex fraud
Son of ex-senior cop and former mentor to at-risk youth among those suspected of defrauding Israelis and money laundering
By Simona Weinglass
Eddie Antar, founder of the "Crazy Eddie" electronics chain that thrived in the 1980s, went to prison after his conviction for massive securities fraud. (YouTube screen capture)
September 12, 2016, 2:54 am
Eddie Antar, one-time ‘Crazy Eddie’ and fraudster, dead at 68
After the electronics retail magnate’s empire collapsed in fraud allegations, he briefly fled to Israel in 1990 with some $50m
By AP
Screen capture on August 23, 2016, showing Israeli former Comverse CEO Kobi Alexander in Namibia in 2007. (Screen capture, CNBC)
August 24, 2016, 4:17 am
Fugitive Israeli tech CEO to plead guilty in US fraud case
After a decade fighting extradition in Namibia, former Comverse chief Kobi Alexander to face trial for manipulating stock options
By Tom Hays
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