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Illustrative photo of a Bank Leumi branch (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
July 29, 2018, 6:17 am
Why are Israeli banks asking customers where their money comes from?
For many years Israel was a ‘Switzerland for Jews’ when it came to tax evasion for foreigners. Then the US began cracking down
By Simona Weinglass
Israeli pop singer Kobi Peretz (C) and his wife arrive for a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on June 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 15, 2018, 11:23 am
Pop singer Kobi Peretz released from prison after sentence halved
Mizrahi recording artist convicted of tax evasion walks out of Ramle jail after serving 9 months of 18-month term
By TOI staff
Manufacturer's Union Chairman Shraga Brosh at the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, held by the Israel Institute of Democracy, in Jerusalem, on June 19, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
June 28, 2018, 2:31 pm
Manufacturers Association president suspected of tax fraud
Leading industrialist Shraga Brosh and his brother Yariv arrested in alleged scam to avoid paying NIS 1.5 million on deal
By Stuart Winer
Offices of Discount and Hapoalim banks in the center of Tel Aviv (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
February 28, 2018, 6:18 pm
Bank Hapoalim sets aside extra $75 million over US investigation
Hapoalim, one of 3 Israeli banks probed by Justice Department on suspicion they helped Americans evade taxes, has now allocated a total of $343 million for potential settlement
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a tour of the Jerusalem Police headquarters at the Russian compound in Jerusalem, October 7, 2015. (Mark Sellem/Pool)
February 14, 2018, 4:58 pm
Tax breaks, visas, et al: The 6 frauds for which police want Netanyahu charged
A guide to the list of alleged bribery offenses for which investigators recommend the prime minister be prosecuted -- some previously leaked, others shocking new revelations
By Raoul Wootliff
The French Ministry for the Economy and Finance in Paris (CC BY-SA Pline/Wikipedia)
December 29, 2017, 8:45 pm
France denies report its tax authority has ‘secret’ department devoted to Jews
Israel’s Globes reported the unit was set up over past year, employs 20 Hebrew-speaking tax-evasion investigators
By Simona Weinglass
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen drawing, after attending a press conference at Google's offices. December 10, 2012. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/FLASH90)
November 15, 2017, 8:19 pm
Israel to tax Google, Facebook within a year
Tax Authority head: 'Our goal is to obtain as much data as we can, even if many of these figures are held outside of Israel'
By AFP
Israeli pop singer Kobi Peretz (C) and his wife arrive for a hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court on June 28, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 15, 2017, 12:53 pm
Pop star Kobi Peretz begins prison term for tax evasion
Mizrahi singer to serve 18-month sentence at Ma'asiyahu after president rejected pardon request earlier this month
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of a Bank Hapoalim branch on King George street, Jerusalem, November 15, 2013. (Meital Cohen/Flash90)
October 3, 2017, 9:54 pm
Israel’s largest bank may have to pay more than expected for US tax evasion
Hapoalim, under investigation by Justice Department, says certain 'findings' may have 'an adverse effect'
By AP
Dutch Israeli holocaust survivor Mirjam Bolle is seen in her house in Jerusalem, January 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
August 31, 2017, 2:57 am
Belgium exempts Dutch Holocaust survivors it fined for alleged tax evasion
Dozens excused from heavy penalties imposed for failure to report special pensions
By JTA
A Bank Leumi in Jerusalem, November 16, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 27, 2017, 12:51 pm
AG orders police to open probe against former Bank Leumi executives
The decision by Avichai Mandelblit comes after the bank already paid $400 million in fines to US authorities over tax evasion affair
By TOI staff
Customers walk to a Hobby Lobby store in Oklahoma City, June 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
August 1, 2017, 11:50 pm
Arrest of Jerusalem antiquities dealers opens a smuggling Pandora’s Box
Use of Israel as a way station to legitimize sale of looted artifacts to Hobby Lobby prompts Antiquities Authority to seek ban on all dealing
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
BDS activist Omar Barghouti at a pro-boycott rally in Ramallah, February 2016. (YouTube screen capture)
April 2, 2017, 5:16 am
BDS leader calls Israeli tax fraud probe ‘vicious lies’
Authorities say Omar Barghouti is suspected of failing to disclose $700,000 in income between 2007 and 2017
By Agencies and TOI staff
A Jerusalem branch of Bank Hapoalim. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 26, 2017, 1:13 pm
Bank Hapoalim declines after girding for possible US settlements
Israel's largest lender warns of 'significant drop' in profit foreseen for fourth quarter amid investigation into tax fraud
By Shoshanna Solomon
BDS activist Omar Barghouti at a pro-boycott rally in Ramallah, February 2016. (YouTube screen capture)
March 22, 2017, 8:14 pm
Israel boycott campaign condemns ‘repression’ after leader’s arrest
BDS says tax fraud probe against Omar Barghouti part of a 'futile' Israeli attempt to hinder movement's activities
By AFP and TOI staff
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