Israel (police) Investigates Alleged $3 Million Payment to Sharon Family

[UpInArms]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=a7Apq0Cf_thw&refer=europe

Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli police, investigating allegedly illegal campaign contributions, may have found evidence that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's family received $3 million from an Austrian businessman who has a stake in a West Bank casino, court documents show.

Police last month seized laptop computers and other material from the Israeli family home of Austrian businessman Martin Schlaff and his brother James, according to a court document filed Jan. 3 at the Rishon Letzion Magistrates Court and faxed to Bloomberg today by the police spokesman's office.

``In the framework of the police probe, apparent evidence was uncovered pointing to the involvement of James Schlaff and his brother Martin Schlaff in transferring $3 million to the prime minister's family,'' according to the document, a response to a motion filed by James Schlaff's lawyers asking for the return of some of the material seized in the search.

Police allege some of the money may have been used to repay illegal campaign contributions that Sharon received, while the rest remained in the Sharon family account, the document says.

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[NVMojo]

1. interesting ...

considering whom they have ties with and plans they've made ...

From July 05 ...

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Weissglas and Jericho First
But the gambling connection doesn't stop there. According to Arutz 7 today, Cyril Kern, whose questionable donations of 1.5 million to the Sharon family are the subject of another police investigation, is one of the financial partners in the Gaza casino building scheme.

Kern is a war-buddy of Sharon and resident of South Africa. According to Arutz 7, he and a Saudi billionaire recently toured the area on which the casino/resort is to be built. He and Austrian financier Martin Shlaff were well known as major investors in the Jericho Casino.

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According to Bedein, the law firm Weissglass-Almagor was at the time listed as representing the interests of Casino investor and European financier Martin Shlaff whose alleged financial contributions to Prime Minister Sharon's 1999 and 2001 campaigns are under criminal investigation.

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The expected indictment is part of the probe into the Sharon family's connection to various illegal funding sources including none other than Martin Shlaff, the casino investor, who was reportedly a source of the illegal campaign contributions to Sharon. Shlaff's loan is believed by many to have been wired into the account of Sharon's South African connection and friend Cyril Kern before being transferred over to Sharon's account in Israel. All these issues are still under criminal investigation.

As well-known journalist Nadav Haetzni reported in Maariv, Schlaff was also a close friend of Yasser Arafat and to the elite of Palestinian corruption and terrorism and according to one report even used Arafat's private plane. He was a close associate of Yitzchak Rabin and to the rest of the Oslo stewards, taking an active role in furthering the agreements between Israel and Arafat.

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http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/6113.htm

[jsamuel]

2. what the hell is this - "may have found evidence"

this is insane! These news stories all say the same thing, "may have found evidence". Since when was it news that WE DON'T KNOW YET BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THE BASTARD IS GUILTY.

[maddezmom]

3. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2018322