Defense Minister and former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, is currently the subject of a police investigation into his 1999 campaign for Prime Minister.

Shmuel Levy, former manager of Barak's 1999 campaign, met with police investigators Monday to give them what he describes as incriminating evidence against Ehud Barak. Levi met with investigators at the headquarters of the Bat Yam Fraud Squad after requesting to speak with them about Barak's alleged campaign fraud, which involves donations he received for the May 1999 election campaign that led to his 20-month term as Prime Minister of Israel.

In a previous probe, the police investigated Barak, now Defense Minister and chairman of the Labor party, for campaign fraud related to the 1999 race. That probe examined allegations that Barak had established at least 23 fictitious non-profit organizations to funnel illegal campaign contributions, but failed to obtain an indictment due to lack of evidence. Then-attorney-general Elyakim Rubinstein closed the case against Barak in 2003.

Maariv reported last Thursday that Barak's non-profit organization scandal could soon resurface, because Shmuel Levy, a vote contractor who worked for Barak, was demanding that the Labor party pay him NIS 13,619,605 within a week. Levy declined to serve as a state's witness during the 2003 scandal investigation, but is now threatening legal proceedings if Labor does not pay him money he believes it owes him for services he provided.
 
Investigators working on the re-opened case are suspicious of Levy's motives. He remained silent during the initial police probe, refusing to indict his former boss, but decided to cooperate with the police after private attempts to obtain money from the Labor party failed.
 
Chief Investigator of the Israel Police, Major-General Yohanan Danino, is meeting Tuesday with State Prosecutor Moshe Lador to discuss the case. A decision on how to proceed with the case is expected from the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem, where Danino is briefing Lador on the latest developments in the investigation.