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(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is undergoing a ninth round of questioning by investigators from the National Fraud Unit on Friday morning at his Jerusalem residence. Olmert is currently being investigated in six different cases of suspected corruption.

While the police refuse to give details of the interrogation, it is expected that investigators will focus on Olmert's purchase of an apartment on Cremieux Street for below the market value while he served as mayor of Jerusalem. Olmert is suspected of receiving the low price as a bribe from the developer. Friday's questioning is also expected to cover the so-called Investment Center scandal, in which Olmert is alleged to have funneled approximately NIS 7.67 million to businesses run by one of his associates in the Likud central committee during his tenure as Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor.