JTA: Former Lieberman adviser probed in Israel money-laundering scheme

2015/1/8 21:23:43

“Israel Police are looking at Michael Falkov as part of their probe into a plot involving 30 senior officials, many from Lieberman’s Israel Beiteinu party.”


From JTA, Jan 6, 2015

 

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A former media adviser to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is being investigated in a major money-laundering scheme.

 

Israel Police are looking at Michael Falkov as part of their probe into a plot involving 30 senior officials, many from Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party.

 

Falkov disappeared in Ukraine about six months ago, and his passport was found with a charred body in Ukraine in August, according to a Russian report. Other reports say he faked his death.

 

Investigators reportedly believe that the IzRus Russian-language website, which is partly owned by Falkov and based in Israel, is the main conduit for the laundered funds. They claim that Yisrael Beiteinu officials, including lawmaker Faina Kirshenbaum, assisted in making the deals in exchange for favorable coverage on the site, which is popular with Russian-speaking Israelis.

 

[See complete JTA text at: http://www.jta.org/2015/01/06/news-op ... n-money-laundering-scheme ]

 

Editor’s Note: Many in Israel, apparently including the Israel Police, believe Falkov’s death was faked and that he is still alive. Media references on this subject include the following:

 

“Ukrainian authorities imposed a ban on any information about the incident. Deceased Michael Falkov, еxpert in the security field (terrorism and intelligence services), was an advisor to Avigdor Lieberman, who now holds the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel. Falkov death caused a sudden visit of Israeli parliamentarians to Ukraine August 19-22.

 

"Falkov was considered as the owner and editor in chief of one of the Russian sites in Israel. His task was to serve media space for the interests of the Lieberman Party. Falk[ov] as well used this site as a cover to collect compromising information about officials and businessmen in Russia and Ukraine, who have Israeli citizenship. Other objects of his interests were Israeli officials, politicians and businessmen - immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

 

"A reasonable question arises what was the true reason for the murder of an Israeli, how and most importantly why he was in a combat zone in the south-east of Ukraine?"

 

Access the original of the indented info above at:

http://www.insiderdaily.info/2014/08/ ... netanyahu-was-killed.html

 

For additional information on Falkov, link below:

http://www.peoples.ru/state/journalist/michael_falkov/

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.635928

 

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