Reply #7: Haaretz probe: Unknown overseas sources paid Lieberman NIS 2.5m

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"Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman earned more than NIS 2.5 million as a salaried employee of his daughter's company from 2004-2006, Haaretz has learned. During this time, he was neither a Knesset member nor a minister.

On Sunday, police detained seven Lieberman associates, including his daughter Michal and his attorney, Yoav Many, for questioning. They are suspected of conspiring to funnel money from an as yet unknown source or sources to Lieberman.

Police suspect Lieberman of money laundering, fraud and breach of trust. Sources in the national fraud squad said Sunday that the evidence gathered against Lieberman in recent months was far more serious and substantial than anything that has been previously published.

Sunday's police action was made possible by a court decision last year to allow investigators to examine thousands of documents that Lieberman had deposited with Many. The court rejected the claim that these documents were protected by attorney-client privilege.

According to information obtained by Haaretz, between 2004 and 2007 the company headed by Michal Lieberman, M.L. 1, received NIS 11 million from anonymous sources overseas for "business consulting." During the years 2004-06, while he was not in politics, Lieberman received a salary of over NIS 2.5 million from the company.

Michal Lieberman is listed as CEO and sole shareholder of this company. However, police believe she was serving as a front for her father.

Police said that Avigdor Lieberman was likely to be questioned in the case in the coming days."

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