Political: 7 September 2010
An investigative team from the National Fraud Investigation Unit has determined that Austrian billionaire Martin Schlaff transferred $4.5 million to the bank accounts of Gilad and Omri Sharon. Schlaff is additionally suspected of having transferred millions of shekels to a company owned by Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman; NIS 50,000 for the defense of Ehud Olmert, and hundreds of thousands of dollars for the defense of Aryeh Deri.