Discovering Infidelity and Money Theft: How to Recover Funds Stolen for a Lover
The following case, covered extensively on Mako, illustrates how a personal crisis turns into a complex legal battle that demands smart strategy. A resident of northern Israel, a successful restaurateur who ran into difficulties due to the Covid crisis, discovered that more than NIS 100,000 had vanished from the home safe. An initial inquiry with his wife produced no answers, and he chose to act through professional channels.
The Investigation: From Financial Suspicion to Exposing Infidelity
The client acted with composure and hired a private investigator. The investigation’s findings were staggering: his wife had been conducting a prolonged affair with her ex. It turned out that she had taken the funds from the safe and transferred them directly to her lover. After the evidence was presented to her, the wife admitted to her actions. At this stage, Adv. Yariv Vaknin entered the picture to build a defense and recovery strategy.
The Legal Strategy: A Claim Against the Lover and Divorce Proceedings
In this case we chose a dual and creative line of action:
- Monetary claim against the lover: we filed a claim with the court demanding the return of the stolen funds. The lover, who benefited from funds wrongfully removed from the family unit, was sued for their return under the law of “unjust enrichment.”
- Conducting the divorce proceedings: in parallel, we opened proceedings that include a demand for unequal resource balancing. The demand is based on the extreme bad faith and asset concealment carried out during the marriage.
Protecting Rights in Cases of Family Fraud
The case highlights the importance of gathering “golden evidence” before the frontal confrontation. The legal accompaniment of Adv. Yariv Vaknin provides the client with a legal envelope based on professional experience and careful planning. We work to ensure that the injured party receives property compensation for the theft within the framework of the distribution of joint property and the balancing of resources between the spouses.
Managing a case that combines infidelity and fraud requires extensive experience in litigation and in asset tracing. The firm represents clients from its branches in Afula and Bnei Brak (B.S.R 4), and provides international service from its branches in New York and Tbilisi.
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