Jpost
Several individuals were summoned for police questioning after they falsly claimed to be victims of the October 7 massacre in order to receive government aid funds, the Police Spokesperson’s Unit said on Monday.
In the investigation unit of the National Insurance Institute, information was compiled that showed there were individuals who committed fraud to receive the funds.
The suspects are charged with submitting false claims about their presence at the scene of the Supernova music festival in an attempt to receive aid funds amounting to thousands of shekels.
Following the investigation, suspects were released under restricted conditions, while the investigation currently remains ongoing.
This is not the first citizen attempt to take advantage of organizations seeking to provide funding to victims of the October 7 attacks.
One of the biggest cases of fraud during Israel’s war against Hamas occurred when it was revealed that Argentinian-Israeli Nico Astroga was responsible for scamming hundreds of thousands of shekels after claiming he was a survivor of the Supernova music festival during the October 7 massacre.
Nothing shocking here. Par for the Course