A police investigation has led to the arrests of five suspects who allegedly fraudulently dealt in hekdesh properties and received funds amounting to NIS tens of millions.
A number of hours before a court hearing pertaining to Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim Betar Illit in Yerushalayim on Tuesday, police arrested five persons, including four trustees of the hekdesh for allegedly making fraudulent deals that netted them enormous sums, and by doing so, depleted the hekdesh coffer as they pocketed the profits.
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