The Israel Tax Authority, through the National Unit for Combating Crime (Yahalom), is conducting an investigation against David Nebrutzky, a resident of Beit Shemesh, who is suspected of operating as the manager of an unlicensed taxi driver station (“drivers”) and of failing to report income estimated at millions of shekels. An examination of the records in the “DriveBot” application, which is used to operate transportation and delivery services, as well as of bank accounts owned by the suspect, revealed discrepancies indicating allegedly unreported business income.
According to the documentation, the total payments received by the suspect during the years 2024–2025 amount to more than 1.4 million NIS. Based on the assumption that the commission paid to the suspect constitutes 10% of the payments for rides, this finding indicates that the total turnover of the station’s activity during those years amounted to tens of millions of shekels.
This week the investigation became overt, and a search was conducted by investigators of the Yahalom Unit, during which evidence was seized indicating the management and operation of a taxi station without the license required by law. In addition, mobile phones, a laptop computer, and documents were seized which indicate extensive activity as a driver and as a manager, strengthening the evidence of tax offenses.
The investigation was initiated on the basis of information gathered during a nationwide operation conducted by the Israel Tax Authority last May against the “drivers” phenomenon.
Yesterday the suspect was brought before the Magistrates’ Court in Rishon LeZion, which decided to release him under restrictive conditions. The investigation is ongoing.