Housing Project Upgrade: Extra Units Included, Services Agreement Required

Item specifics

Condition	Guilty plea, final (Be'er Sheva District Court, September 2017)
Location	Ashdod, Israel
Seller	Deputy mayor and city council member, Ashdod municipality. Name not listed.
Winning bidder	A contractor from Ashdod, paying through his company
Category	Real estate
Payment method	Signed services agreement with companies linked to the official; booked as an expense
Returns	No returns. Fine: ILS 100,000 (2017), in lieu of community service. Benefit forfeited.

Description

What the bribe bought

The payments helped get additional housing units approved in the contractor's housing project, through a change to the building plan.

What happened

A contractor from Ashdod, paying through his company, made bribe payments of approximately ILS 1,000,000 to a deputy mayor of Ashdod, who was also a city council member. The payments went to companies linked to the official under a signed services agreement. The contractor booked them as an expense in his company's books. He admitted the bribes in a plea bargain at the Be'er Sheva District Court in September 2017. The court ordered the benefit forfeited and imposed a fine.

Read the article

Contractor from Ashdod convicted for booking bribe payments as an expense · Calcalist · Article in Hebrew

Shipping & returns

Authority	Kind	Amount	Year
Be'er Sheva District Court	fine (in lieu of community service)	₪100,000≈ €29KAs stated in the source: 100 אלף שקל	2017
Be'er Sheva District Court	forfeiture of the benefit	₪3.5M≈ €1.02MAs stated in the source: חילוט של 3.5 מיליון שקל	2017