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Emotional Therapy Center Busted for Faking Bills for IDF Treatment

Police fraud investigators and tax authorities have arrested the owners and staff of a northern Israel emotional therapy center on suspicion of systematically forging invoices for treatments allegedly provided to wounded IDF soldiers and security personnel. The joint investigation, led by the Tel Aviv Police Fraud Division and Haifa Customs & VAT investigators, uncovered what authorities described as a "coordinated and ongoing scheme" to defraud the state by submitting false claims for non-existent or inflated therapy sessions. The suspects are expected to face charges including fraud, forgery, and money laundering.