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Prosecution: There were no anomalies in listening to those involved in the Alps cases, requesting an extension to complete the investigation

The State Attorney's Office stated that "no investigative actions were taken against persons in whose case no order was issued" and that the Securities Authority used spyware in the investigation.

This, after the publication in Calcalist according to which the police used the "Pegasus" software of the NSO company against state witness Shlomo Pilber, the accused Iris Alovich and others

Yael Friedson

13/02/2022

Sunday, 13 February 2022, 12:21 Updated: 14:27

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The Tax and Economics Prosecutor's Office informed the Jerusalem District Court today (Sunday) that there were no irregularities in wiretapping of those involved in the Alps cases, that no actions were taken against elements not under a court order, that no additional investigative material is available in the case, and that the Securities Authority did not Any use of spyware in the course of the investigation, "directly or indirectly".

However, the prosecution is requesting an extension for the final completion of the investigation, by next Wednesday.

The prosecution's response refrains from explicitly referring to specific people involved such as defendant Iris Elowitz to state Shlomo Pilber, who allegedly had targets of the use of spyware - but emphasizes that all actions were taken under search warrants.

The investigation team appointed by the previous ombudsman, Avichai Mandelblit, headed by Deputy Ombudsman Amit Merari, is still working on a broad systematic investigation of the police's use of spyware and is expected to submit its conclusions in the coming days.

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State Witness Shlomo Pilber (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

Last week it was reported in the Calcalist investigation that the police used NSO's Pegasus software against state witness Shlomo Pilber, Iris Alovich, the wife of the former controlling shareholder in the Bezeq-Walla group, Shaul Alovich, who is accused of bribing in the 4000 case, and others involved.

Following the publications, the defendants' defense attorneys demanded that the hearings in the case be adjourned until the full picture of the use of spyware became clear.

The prosecution was supposed to update the court as early as last Tuesday on the test results, but asked for a postponement from the court to complete a comprehensive investigation, and the rest of the hearings scheduled for later this week were canceled.

The Elowitz couple's defense attorney, Advocate Jacques Chen, demanded that the court order the prosecution to hand over all the relevant materials - those in the hands of the prosecution, but also those collected and in the hands of the police.

What is Netanyahu accused of?

In the 1000 case (the gifts affair),

Netanyahu is accused of receiving benefits from businessmen Arnon Milchen and James Packer worth about NIS 700,000, while he served as prime minister.

The main gifts were cigars, champagne packages and jewelry.

In addition, it was alleged that Netanyahu acted in Milchen's favor in three matters, in which the businessman sought his intervention: he approached US Secretary of State John Kerry to extend the businessman's visa, he approached Finance Minister Yair Lapid to extend the exemption. A tax for returning residents, and he worked to promote a merger of "Keshet" and "Reshet" - ostensibly at Milchen's request.

According to the lawsuit, these acts damaged the image of the public service and the public's trust in it.

In this case, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust.

Deals with talks between Netanyahu and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Noni Mozes. He was accused of bribery. On the other hand, the ombudsman was also convinced that Netanyahu did not intend to complete the bribery deal, but continued the talks with Mozes to improve his coverage in the Yedioth group, and there are even certain actions for this purpose.

In this case, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust.

, the most serious case for the prime minister, deals with regulatory benefits worth hundreds of millions of shekels, which Netanyahu allegedly granted to Elowitz.

In return, according to the indictment, Elovich acted to skew the coverage on the Walla! Website, which was under his control.

In this case, Netanyahu is accused of bribery.

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