MK Eliezer Submits Witness Statement in Graft Case

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"Israeli" MK Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, whose campaign for the Zionist entity's presidency was brought to a halt earlier this month by corruption allegations, has submitted a witness statement as part of a tax case involving an "Israeli" businessman suspected of giving Ben-Eliezer hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The case focuses on Avraham Naniskashvili, a controlling shareholder of Shemen Oil who is appealing income tax assessments for 2005 and 2007, when he says he was not in "Israel". One piece of evidence in the case is a witness statement signed by Ben-Eliezer.

Nanikashvili, who was arrested recently on suspicion of involvement in corruption at Ashdod Port, was also questioned about fund transfers to Ben-Eliezer and his associates.

According to the information, $400,000 was transferred as a loan in 2011; in another case, the funds were transferred directly from a bank account connected to Nanikashvili to one connected to Ben-Eliezer.

But the MK's statement "makes no mention of any loan whatsoever that was given to Ben-Eliezer by Nanikashvili," according to the minutes of the hearing.

"Israeli" police are also investigating fund transfers to Ben-Eliezer's relatives, as are the circumstances under which Ben-Eliezer cashed about $250,000, which came from Nanikashvili, at the shop of a foreign-currency change dealer.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team