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Israel arrested a former judge suspected of receiving millions of dollars in bribes as he arrived back in the country on Sunday after being extradited from Peru, authorities said.
...... Cohen served as a district judge between 1978 and 1981 and a director at state-run utility Israel Electric Corp between 1993 and 2004.

He was indicted in a number of affairs, including bribery connected with an IEC tender worth hundreds of millions of dollars for gas turbines in 1999. Siemens was one of the bidders, submitting its offer via its Israeli subsidiary.

The ISA said Cohen used his influence and status at IEC to guarantee Siemens, which was bidding against General Electric, a win in exchange for about 1 million euros ($1.3 million) that would be deposited in a foreign bank account.

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