Eight suspects were detained for questioning this morning in the Israeli Arab town of Kafr Qasem for suspected offenses under the Prohibition on Money Laundering Law, the Fuel Excise Law and other offenses.
According to the suspicions, the owners of a company tried to evade payment of Value Added Tax and to fraudulently receive fuel-excise-tax refunds, through fictitious companies and fictitious tax invoices associated with fuel deals, for which the suspects received illegal refunds of tens of millions of shekels. In searches of the company compound and offices, vehicles and hundreds of thousands of shekels in cash were seized.