Slice victims appealed the closure of complaints: "Police failure"

An appeal was filed today against the closure of police complaints by two victims in the Slice affair. The Lobby 99 organization filed the appeal on behalf of the two, who turned to the police in May 2026, and their complaints were closed. In one of the cases, it was stated that it involved an "unknown offender," and in the second case, it was stated that the investigation was transferred to the fraud department after the complaint was filed at a local police station.

In the appeal, it is claimed that the two fell victim to solicitation by licensed pension insurance agents and their assistants, contrary to the law and through deceitful means. According to the claim, they were convinced to transfer their pension savings through Slice, and ultimately lost them.

The Slice affair is a large-scale financial fraud case in which hundreds of millions of shekels disappeared from the funds of about 7,500 savers, including the elderly and those denied credit. A special manager, accountant Efi Sandrov, was appointed for the company, and he is managing numerous civil proceedings against those involved in the affair at the Tel Aviv District Court.

Within the framework of the proceedings, suspicions of criminal offenses arose, but according to Lobby 99, the police have not yet summoned the victims to testify despite repeated requests, and dozens of those involved have not been interrogated or arrested.

The Capital Market Authority transferred information years ago

According to the appeal filed by Lobby 99, during the three years since the affair was discovered, its victims filed individual complaints with the police. One of the victims on whose behalf the appeal was filed is a 46-year-old man from Elad, who lost savings totaling 310 thousand shekels. According to the claim, he was convinced to transfer his money to Slice for the purpose of receiving a loan of 83 thousand shekels.

The second victim on whose behalf the appeal was filed is a 76-year-old woman from Rosh HaAyin, who lost 170 thousand shekels of her savings. She has no pension allowance, and currently has no source of income after the shop she rented out was damaged in the missile attack from Iran.

Although the information collected by the Capital Market Authority was transferred to the police several years ago, it is still unknown what was done with it. "The Slice affair requires a comprehensive and urgent criminal investigation. The failure of the Israel Police - which does not conduct such an investigation and does not provide answers to the victims of the affair as it is supposed to, but rather 'brushes them off' with outrageous justifications - is a serious failure," the appeal stated.

Lobby 99 points to the police's response at a Knesset hearing on the affair held in February 2025, a year and a half after its exposure. At that time, a national fraud officer said that the files "probably reached a dead end," that she was not familiar with the specific complaints, and that no complaints had reached the national headquarters.

"While those involved in the affair continue their lives as usual, the elderly victims are left without funds for a dignified living," the appeal stated. The appeal also refers to civil hearings during which Judge Sigal Yaakobi and the authorized manager expressed the clear need to advance the criminal investigation, noting that its lack of progress hinders the advancement of civil proceedings.

The police refuse to comment on the existence of the investigation: "We do not provide details regarding the existence or non-existence of investigations, and this does not confirm or deny their very existence."