Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was questioned by anti-fraud police on Friday for the 10th time in recent months over allegations that triggered his resignation.
The questioning session, held in Olmert's official residence for about two and a half hours, mainly focused on the Investment Center scandal, in which he is suspected of embezzling and giving about two millions U.S. dollars to businesses run by one of his associates before he became premier in 2006, reported Army Radio.
The last interrogation of the probes-laden leader took place last Friday, when police dug deep into the so-called Olmertours scandal, in which Olmert allegedly double-billed charities and a government ministry for the same trips and used the surplus for family travels.
Enveloped by six different probes over suspected corruption and fraud, Olmert announced his resignation in September and has since run the Jewish state as a caretaker prime minister.
He will remain in power until a new government is formed after the general election in February.
Source: Xinhua
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