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Moshe Hogg's detention has been extended by seven days Israel today

2021-11-24T11:10:55.477Z


The Magistrate's Court granted the request to extend the detention of investigators of the Lahav unit in the Israel Police • Hogg's lawyers: "He cooperates fully with his investigators and is sure of his innocence


Following the request of investigators from the Blade Unit of the Israel Police, the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion today (Wednesday) extended by seven days the detention of Moshe Hogg, who has been detained since last week in the "Big Game" case.

Police requested the additional days of detention to complete investigative actions she claimed without fear of disruption.

Now, the investigation focuses, among other things, on collecting testimonies from many people.

Some of them are expected to receive summonses for questioning, possibly even with a warning, in the coming weeks.

As reported in "Israel Today", the police are also focusing on creating a state witness agreement with one of those involved.

This agreement is in fact ready and the detained suspect, according to police sources, has agreed.

This, in addition to the collection of evidence that the police claim is in their possession.

Moshe celebrates: "A historic moment for Betar Jerusalem"

On behalf of attorneys Amit Hadad and Moshe Mazor, representing Moshe Hogg, it was stated: "We are confident that at the end of the investigation our client's innocence will be proven and therefore and to allow the police to investigate the truth we agreed to extend the detention for another seven days."

"Moshe Celebrates is fully cooperating with his investigators, confident in his innocence and supported by his wife and family. In recent days we have witnessed further false publications originating from stakeholders and we recommend letting the police finish their work before our client's conviction."

As you may recall, on Tuesday, the detention of one of those involved who is considered the closest to the celebrant was extended.

He was arrested last week with a celebrant and seven others.

This detention was extended by a week.

At the same time, the detention of another suspect, who is considered a senior in the celebrating business, and suspected mainly of the offense of fraud and money laundering and theft by a licensee, has been extended, until next Sunday.

Moshe Celebrates, Photo: Berni Ardov

According to his defense attorney, Adv. Moshe Weiss, he cut off activity at Hogg about three years ago in most companies, although he has recently served as a senior member of a subsidiary - and denies involvement. The second detainee also denies what was attributed to him. Detainees perished who had been detained since last week.

The investigation, which was conducted in secret for almost two years, attributes to celebrating and others offenses of tax evasion in the hundreds of millions of shekels, mainly of profits obtained in crypto transactions.

To the celebrant, the police attribute offenses of prohibition of money laundering, conspiracy to commit a crime, theft by a licensee, receiving anything fraudulently under aggravated circumstances, intentional omission of income, false registration in corporation documents, offenses under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, giving alcohol to minors and sexual offenses.

Source: israelhayom

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