Following i24NEWS exposé: Investigation expanded against former Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf | Avishai Grinzaig
i24NEWS reveals: The Tax and Economics Prosecutor's Office and the Israel Tax Authority have expanded the covert investigation against former Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, which has been ongoing for about four years. The background: a late retroactive tax payment on income of over one million shekels from an apartment he rented out, following a dispute with a tenant who threatened to expose alleged criminal acts.
i24NEWS reveals this evening (Monday) in its main edition that the Tax and Economics Prosecutor's Office and the Israel Tax Authority have expanded the investigation against former Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf. This is a covert investigation that has been ongoing for about four years, but no 'smoking gun' has yet been found. The background to the investigation is a late retroactive tax payment made by Goldknopf on income of over one million shekels from an apartment he previously rented out. Goldknopf claimed to the Tax Authority that he paid beyond the letter of the law, but the article reveals that the payment was made only after the tenant threatened to expose alleged criminal acts he had committed. Four months ago, journalist Avishai Grinzaig first revealed the existence of the covert investigation, and also that on the day of Goldknopf's swearing-in as Housing Minister in December 2022, he remembered to pay the retroactive tax. Now, following the additional exposé, the investigation has been expanded. The article reports on a decisive point in the criminal case.