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Israeli Entrepreneur Beny Steinmetz Arrested In Cyprus Over Romanian Fraud & Corruption Allegations
Last Thursday, Beny Steinmetz, an Israeli entrepreneur, was detained in Larnaca, Cyprus, following an EU arrest warrant initiated by Romania. Steinmetz received a five-year jail sentence in Romania in Dec 2020 for his involvement in a vast real estate fraud, one of Romania's biggest-ever corruption cases. Additionally, Steinmetz faced an 18-month prison sentence in Switzerland for bribing Guinea's ex-president.