Dozens of victims of the Cheftziba mortgage case involving the company’s CEO Boaz Yona protested on Monday evening when police escorted Yona from the airport to its Fraud Unit in Holon, where Yona was questioned regarding the affair.

The angry protestors are demanding that Yona be compelled to compensate them, explaining on the one hand, they are paying mortgages on homes that are not being constructed and simultaneously they must pay rent to provide homes for their families.

Shortly after it became known that Cheftziba went broke, Yona fled and was located in Italy. Thousands of people found themselves between a rock and a hard place, with the dream home halted suddenly while Cheftziba’s chief fled with funds. Among the many victims of Yona’s company are a large number of families in the chareidi community of Kiryat Sefer.

A representative of the employees of the company also reported that to date, no one has received back salaries and there are many problems regarding workers’ pensions and other benefits.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)