Bribery

The judge treated the transactions as one continuing course of criminal conduct. Liber was therefore convicted of one count of each of the three offenses.

During the investigation, conducted both undercover and in the open, the unit found evidence that a deputy tax assessor and a former senior Tax Authority coordinator took bribes for several years.

Under the ruling by the court, the couple is prohibited from speaking to each other until November 1, while Saar is barred from entering municipal facilities until November 15.

The conviction is part of a broader case in which Nissim Cohen, a parliamentary aide to then-MK Yitzhak Vaknin, previously admitted to multiple offenses of accepting bribes and money laundering.

Kfar Saba Mayor Rafi Saar's wife is suspected of playing a significant role in the bribery scheme, particularly in coordinating with businesspeople.

A petition filed by the Movement for Quality Government alleged that a Satar-affiliated organization offered payments of NIS 200 to haredim who vowed not to vote in the upcoming Knesset elections.

Former EU commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos lost his parliamentary immunity as Belgian authorities investigate alleged corruption, money laundering and links to Qatargate.

Six others were arrested alongside the regional council head.

According to the police, the arrested suspects were thought to have granted around NIS 80 million in illegal tax returns in exchange for the bribes.

The review found Britain faced a persistent problem of foreign countries, including Russia, China, and Iran, trying to influence and undermine the country's democracy.