Izak Bekher

**Izak Bekher** was the bodyguard of businessman Richard Wheatley.

## History

### Season 1

Under Wheatley's orders, Bekher and another man attempted to abduct Eli outside their apartment building. Stabler then spots Bekher, who is wearing a mask, and tells Eli to go instead. Bekher then brutally attacks Stabler and leaves him on the sidewalk. (OC: "Not Your Father's Organized Crime")

### Arrest

Bekher meets with Wheatley and Danny Lizer in Wheatley's office. Wheatley then threatens Lizer and tries to scare him by having Bekher drown him in the tank of his octopus. Wheatley then tells Lizer that he doesn't like to be cheated. Later, Stabler started to suspect Bekher of attacking him under Wheatley's orders. When they attempted to arrest Wheatley at his charity event, Stabler approaches Bekher and Bekher attempts to assault him but Stabler confiscates his gun. Bekher then claims that he has a permit for the gun. The squad found out that the gun that Stabler confiscated from Bekher was the same one used to kill Jocelyn and Manfredi Sinatra. The squad also found out that the same gun was used to attack Stabler. After Richie gets into a fight with Joey over Gina, Bekher and Wheatley make him leave the area. After they leave, Bekher asks Wheatley for permission to leave for the night which was granted by Wheatley. Gina then notifies Bell that Bekher is on the road and the team suit up. While Bekher is driving, Bekher gets cornered by police officers before attempting to find his own way out. Stabler then stops his vehicle in front of Bekher causing Bekher to slide right into the side of the vehicle. Stabler then arrests Bekher for the murders of Jocelyn Howell and Manfredi Sinatra. (OC: "Say Hello To My Little Friends")

Stabler and Carisi meet with Judge Sharon Lee. They want to hire a second lawyer to work with Bekher in secret to make a deal to cooperate. Bekher’s attorney Vincent Weiss is beholden to Wheatley, not Bekher. Carisi says he’s done this before, and it’s perfectly legal, technically. Carisi wants to appoint Bekher a new attorney, but keep it under wraps and in a secret hearing with the record sealed to make a deal with Bekher for his cooperation. They would then stage a fake arraignment hearing. Weiss will still represent Bekher, and the judge will grant bail. Stabler adds that Bekher walks, Wheatley thinks he is in the clear, but the reality is Bekher works for the law enforcement. Stabler uses the death of the boy earlier in the day, and Lee's grandkids, to hit home the kind of damage from Wheatley’s narcotics.  They later have the secret hearing, but Bekher disapproves of wearing a wire with Wheatley. Bell agrees to this and the deal proceeds and Lee warns him what will happen if he doesn’t do this as agreed. (OC: "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of")

### Release

Bekher was released from prison as a part of the deal that he made with the police. Bekher meets with Wheatley in his office and started looking around for a bug that was planted by the police. When Bekher found the bug, he destroyed it and the squad lost connection. Stabler confronted Bekher about destroying the bug and Bekher tells Stabler that he destroyed the bug to keep Wheatley's trust. Later, Bell found out that Bekher created the pipe bomb which he gave to Sacha Lenski, which was used to kill Kathy. Bekher agreed to meet with Stabler but Stabler got aggressive with Bekher. Stabler demanding answers as to why Wheatley wanted Kathy dead. However, Bekher revealed to Stabler that Richard's ex-wife, Angela Wheatley, ordered the hit on his wife, not Richard. This left Stabler shocked. (OC: "An Inferior Product")

Bekher met with Stabler and notified him that Richard is expanding his relationship with Joey Raven's crew and is convinced that this big new piece of business is a game changer. After Dana found out about Gina being a rat, Dana notified Richard and Richard ordered Richie to assassinate her and Richie agreed. Richie then took Gina to an abandoned park where he shot and killed her with Bekher as a witness. (OC: "I Got This Rat")

### Death

After Bekher witnessed Richie murder Gina, Richard ordered Bekher to be murdered by one of his new bodyguards. Richard explained to Richie that he had Bekher murdered because he witnessed Richie murder Gina which he will hold over his head for the rest of his life (OC: "Everybody Takes A Beating Sometime")

At the trial of Richard Wheatley for the murder of Kathy Stabler, Carisi told the judge that Bekher couldn't testify because he was most likely killed by Richard Wheatley. Counselor Lisa Turner claims that the state has not proved that Wheatley killed Bekher and the judge agreed with her. However, Wheatley fired his attorney and hired Barba instead. When Bell was cross-examined, Carisi asked her what led her to suspect Richard Wheatley of Kathy's murder. Bell claims that when they arrested Bekher, a subpoena for his financials turned up a credit card purchase of a vise. Bell claims that they found that vize in his storage unit and the Arson and Explosion Squad linked it to the bomb that killed Kathy Stabler. When Barba cross-examined Bell, Barba asked Bell if her cybersecurity expert, Jet Slootmaekers, found any connection to Wheatley and Bekher's bombmaking. Barba wanted to prove that Bekher was acting alone when he killed Kathy. (SVU: "People Vs Richard Wheatley")

## Known Victims

### Personal

* Kathy Stabler (murdered)
* Jocelyn Howell (murdered)
* Elliot Stabler, Jr. (attempted to abduct)
* Elliot Stabler (assaulted)
* Danny Lizer (drowned under Richard's orders; survived)
* Gina Cappelletti (assisted Richie in her murder)

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 1: "Not Your Father's Organized Crime" • "Say Hello To My Little Friends" • "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" • "An Inferior Product" • "I Got This Rat" • "Everybody Takes A Beating Sometime"