Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit is considering indicting Bezeq, Walla News, and a number of companies form the Eurocom group for their alleged involvement in Case 4,000 against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the State Attorney's Office informed the communications giants on Wednesday.
Pending a hearing, the companies could face charges of offering bribes, money laundering, and faulty reports due to the alleged actions of controlling Bezeq shareholder Shaul Elovitch.
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Case 4,000 is considered one of the most serious cases involving Netanyahu and saw the prime minister charged with bribery for allegedly approving, while communications minister, millions of shekels worth of benefits for the Bezeq telecommunications corporation and other companies controlled by Elovitch in exchange for favorable coverage on the Walla
The State Attorney's Office also on Wednesday informed the Yedioth Ahronoth Group that Mendelblit was considering trying the organization under the auspices of Case 2,000, in which Netanyahu and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon "Noni" Mozes are suspected of colluding to limit the activity of Israel Hayom, Yedioth's main competitor, in exchange for positive coverage of Netanyahu in Mozes' paper.
Sources close to Netanyahu responded to Wednesday's decision to indict the communications companies involved in the cases in which he is facing trial by saying, "Mendelblit realized that Case 4,000 is dying and is trying to artificially resuscitate it through a major bluff.
"It's clear to everyone that Mendelblit does not intend to try the corporations, and the only reason for his announcement is an attempt to distract attention from his selective enforcement against the prime minister," the sources said.
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