20-02-2018 13:18 via yahoo.com

Netanyahu confidants named as suspects in new corruption probe

By Jeffrey Heller and Tova CohenJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police revealed on Tuesday they had arrested the controlling shareholder and CEO of the country's biggest telecoms company, as well as two former officials with close ties to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a corruption case.The arrests in the investigation dubbed "Case 4000" came just days after police recommended Netanyahu himself be indicted for bribery and fraud in other cases, known as "1000" and "2000".Shaul Elovitch, a fa
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