Investigators asked for explanations about sums transferred
to Finance Minister
The Israel Police again questioned Minister of Finance
Abraham Hirchson under caution today in the affair of the
NIS 15.5 million embezzled at the National Workers Organization
(Histadrut HaOvdim HaLeumit). Hirchson is suspected of theft,
fraud, filing false corporate documents, and breach of trust
when he served as chairman of the National Workers Organization.
The police questioned Hirchson at the national economic
crimes unit headquarters in Lod from 9 am until 5 pm. The
police will schedule further times for questioning with
Hirchson.
So far as is known, the investigators were expected to
present Hirchson with statements from his bank account and
that of this son, Ofer Hirchson. The statements show unusual
deposits of about NIS 1 million. The police questioned Ofer
Hirchson last week. Among other things, the police want
Hirchson to explain these money transfers, as well as evidence
by messengers who allege that they would visit his home
and give him or the Philippine maid envelopes full of cash.
Last week's questioning of Hirchson lasted seven hours,
during which he was asked general questions. He denied the
charges made against him, saying that he never took any
money from the union's NPOs, including Nili, the March of
the Living, or the Yosef and Zehava Welker Scholarship Fund.
