Three family members from the center - a mother, her daughter and her son - were released last week under restrictive conditions by the Rishon LeZion Magistrate's Court, after being questioned on suspicion of committing tax offenses.
As part of an investigation by a Central Investigations Tax Assessor at the Tax Authority, suspicion arose that a Yavne resident had not reported income from rental housing.
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Two weeks ago, an open investigation was opened, during which numerous documents and her phone were seized from the suspect's home. Analysis of the materials revealed suspicions of additional offenses committed by the mother and both of her children, including concealing the costs of real estate properties, using purchase tax exemptions based on false representations - and fictitiously registering properties in the names of family members.
As part of the examination of the seized materials, correspondence was found between the suspect and her daughter regarding an apartment that was purchased and registered as jointly owned by the daughter and another family member who is recognized as disabled by National Insurance. A purchase tax of 0.5% was paid for the apartment, in accordance with Regulation 11 of the Real Estate Taxation Regulations, which provides a reduced purchase tax rate for a disabled person, a blind person, an injured person, or a family member of a soldier who died in action.
The correspondence indicates that the apartment is not used as a residence for the disabled family member, as stated and as required by law, but rather serves as a CPA and accounting office where the daughter operates, and that from the beginning that apartment was intended for this purpose.
This strengthened the suspicion that the apartment was purchased with tax relief while making a false representation.
In addition, the evidence collected revealed that another property purchased as part of the "Price for Tenants" project, registered in the son's name, does not actually belong to him, but rather belongs to his mother.
From the materials collected, internal correspondence was found indicating that the purchase was financed, the property was managed, and rent was collected by the mother, not the son.
Last week, the three suspects - the mother, her daughter, and her son - were questioned, as well as a number of other people involved in registering the assets and obtaining the tax exemption.
During the investigations, new information emerged that strengthens the suspicions attributed to each and every one of the suspects and indicates active involvement of all family members in the mechanism of concealing ownership and income.
