Law
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
Welfare Minister Haim Katz on Friday announced his resignation and handed his resignation letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In his resignation letter Katz denied being credited with the indictment in the stock affair and wrote: "In all my actions as a minister and as a Knesset member, I have acted in a matter-of-fact and impartial manner for the benefit of the public, including employees, pensioners and those with whom they fail. The public mission is my life's mission, For the citizens in every way possible. " Attorney General and legal advisor of the governmentl Avihai...
Aug 17, 2019
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
The indictment filed this morning by the Taxation and Economy Prosecutor's Office against the organizer of the acquisition groups Inbal Orr lists a number of tax, VAT, fraud and even fraud cases in which Orr is charged. In the first part of the indictment, the amount of transactions that Inbal Light and its companies did not issue invoices and did not report to the VAT and income tax: NIS 81.3 million was disclosed. In addition, the amount of transactions that Inbal Or as a dealer did not issue invoices for and did not report income tax and VAT: NIS 9 million . The following describes how...
Sep 4, 2019
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
Daniel Birnbaum, Soda Stream chairman and CEO until recently, is the company's senior suspect in using insider information around the company's exits and its acquisition by PepsiCo. This, along with another suspect, close to him, had previously worked for the company. Birnbaum was investigated by Investigative and Intelligence Department investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission on suspicion of committing offenses involving the use of insider information, fraud and breach of trust. Birnbaum's name was not banned until 16:00 today, after Birnbaum requested and received a...
Sep 24, 2019
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
Israeli NSO spying tools have been used to track down two Moroccan human rights activists who are being chased by state authorities - a widespread investigation by Amnesty International has revealed. The NSO said in response: "We take the allegations seriously. We will investigate the matter." According to an Amnesty report released last night, both activists received text messages containing malicious links intended to implant Pegasus, NSO's notorious espionage spyware. As previously reported, the damage can provide full access to all information on the device in real time In addition to...
Oct 10, 2019
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
Two Israelis are charged with a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for tens of millions of dollars in binary options fraud. The Two Gil Beserglick and Rez Beserglick and another man, Kai Christian Petersen, used deceptive marketing techniques and "manipulative phone centers" to persuade investors to trade binary options through three operating sites, according to the lawsuit filed in Central California District Court. According to the lawsuit, employees at the call centers allegedly persuaded investors to open binary options trading accounts and deposit large sums...
Nov 2, 2019
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
The tax authority has started chasing Israelis holding accounts abroad. The Authority began investigations following information transmitted to Israel as part of the extensive exchange of information with European countries. The Tax Authority has arrested three Israelis - Aharon Winkler, Shai Tzur and Maya Bankov-Tzur - on suspicion of failure to report overseas bank accounts and other tax offenses. The three were arrested as part of two different investigations conducted by Diamond Unit and Mole Investigator Haifa and Northern Investigations, after their names were included in a list of...
Nov 19, 2019
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Category: Law
Broadcom chipmaker defeated the israeli tax authority: Broadcom District Court received Broadcom's NIS 150 million tax assessment for its Dune acquisition deal. In the judgment, Tax Judge Dr. Samuel Bornstein rejected the tax authority's claim that the Dune acquisition by Broadcom Semiconductors Ltd. was an artificial transaction, and even required the tax authority to pay Broadcom legal fees of NIS 75,000. For Broadcom, this is a "saving" of about NIS 150 million. The original tax authority requirement from the company, from 2009, was about NIS 100 million, and the amount accrued interest
Dec 10, 2019
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
A class action lawsuit has been filed and approved against the Phoenix insurance company for health insurance policies issued by 2016. The scope of the claim is estimated to be NIS 125 million. This is a class action request that was filed in June 2015 and dealt with how the insurance company used to compensate policyholders who used the supplemental insurance of their health insurance fund rather than private insurance. The period during which the claim is concerned is June 2012 to June 2015. By 2016, private health insurance policies included a mechanism that would incentivize...
Dec 15, 2019
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Category: Law
A serious breach in Wetsap has been identified by Israeli cyber researchers, it allowed hackers to send a message to group chats, which could cause the app to collapse for all chat members. In this way, hackers could force users to delete the app, download it again, and delete all data in the group chat. WhatsApp fixed the security vulnerability after Check Point investigators reported it and recommended updating it to the latest version available in the app stores. Wattsap has over 1.5 billion users worldwide and is considered the largest and most popular chat app today. More than 65...
Dec 17, 2019
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Law
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Wednesday) officially filed his request for immunity from prosecution just hours before the deadline for filing. In light of the request for immunity, the legal proceedings against Netanyahu are frozen until the Knesset Committee is formed to discuss the request for immunity. It should be noted that contrary to Netanyahu's assertion that the immunity is temporary, he sought substantial immunity from some of the charges against him, which would grant him a permanent exemption from prosecution for them. Netanyahu's Attorneys wrote at the beginning of...
Jan 1, 2020