Penalty imposed on David Ezra for cash in suitcase affair

• Published date: 10 April 2024
• Author: Ela Levi-Weinrib
• Publication title: Globes (Rishon LeZion, Israel)

The sanction was revealed in a file of decisions published today by the Israel Tax Authority's committee on imposing financial sanctions on violations and non-reporting to customs on bringing money in and out of Israel in 2022. There were 253 such decisions with financial sanctions totaling more than NIS 2 million imposed. 26% of the violations took place at Ben Gurion airport, 45% at border crossings to Jordan and 23% at the Taba border crossing to Egypt. Ezra's was the biggest sanction imposed for 2022

Under the Money Laundering Law bringing more than NIS 50,000 in or out of Israel's airports or seaports, or more than NIS 12,000 in or out of land border crossings must be reported to the Israel Tax Authority.

Ezra, who was traveling to Corfu in Greece in June 2022, told the authorities that he had bought a house in Corfu for €2.8 million and that the...