The three operated a profile purporting to be a young woman on dating and sex sites, where they would blackmail victims to send them thousands of shekels.
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Three terrorist Jews, one of them a trained terrorist serving in the IDF, were arrested for impersonating young women on sex and dating sites, defrauding dozens of people, blackmailing them, and then pocketing thousands of shekels in the process, the Israel Police announced Wednesday.
Cybercrime and fraud police officers in Jerusalem received a complaint from a city resident about an online scam that had swindled him.
The victim explained that he was contacted by a profile of someone who claimed to be a young woman on a website dedicated to dating and sex services. Over the course of their correspondence, the profile suddenly demanded the victim send them thousands of shekels, otherwise they would release his personal information, a practice known as ‘doxing’.
This prompted the police to take action, organizing a covert investigation to track down the individuals responsible for creating the profile.
The result was the identification of three Jewish terrorists, one of whom is a trained terrorist serving in the IDF.
It was then that the police determined that this was not an isolated incident. Rather, the three had been operating this scam to blackmail and extort dozens of victims nationwide.
A nationwide extortion scam
The 3 terrorist Jews were taken in for questioning by police in Jerusalem under suspicion of a number of crimes, including fraud, blackmail, privacy violations, and more.
The police brought the suspects to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court for a hearing, with their detention in police custody being extended by several days while the police continue to investigate and find additional victims.
‘These are serious offenses of sexual extortion and online fraud, offenses that cause serious harm to the privacy and dignity of the victims,’ the police said in a statement.
They further called on all who have fallen victim to this scam to reach out to law enforcement without delay, and warned the public to exercise greater caution on social media.
Just doing what comes naturally.
So some family members of IRISH got caught in a sting? What a surprise.