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Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
April 28, 2026, 9:43 am
Northern council head, five others arrested on suspicion of bribery
Police allege suspects were part of scam involving computer service contractors who offered kickbacks to secure tenders in several local municipalities
By Charlie Summers
Rabbi Yosef Paryzer, who was convicted of of using the alias "Jack Segal" to deceive up to 12 women into having sexual relations with him (Israel Police)
February 19, 2026, 4:14 pm
Jerusalem rabbi gets 20 months for using fake ID to dupe 12 women into sleeping with him
Married father used alias ‘Jack Segal’ on dating sites between 2016 and 2023, posing as secular and single; also ordered to pay up to $4,800 compensation per victim
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz from left to right: VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)
February 10, 2026, 6:38 pm
Wiz is sued for NIS 200 million over alleged ‘phantom’ acquisition of Israeli startup
Startup Raftt files a lawsuit accusing cybersecurity unicorn of orchestrating a takeover of its founders and employees, and a pilfering of its technology; Wiz denies allegations
By Sharon Wrobel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, January 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2026, 7:01 pm
Coalition advances bill to cancel the criminal charge that Netanyahu faces in his trial
Opposition brands legislation to strike the offense of fraud and breach of trust from the law books a ‘mafia-like move’ aimed at enabling PM and his allies to evade justice
By Ariela Karmel
'Tinder Swindler,' a true-crime documentary about Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, was released on Netflix, on February 2, 2022. (Courtesy: Netflix)
November 15, 2025, 2:39 am
‘Tinder Swindler’ freed from Georgian custody after Germany pulls extradition request
Notorious Israeli fraudster released ‘without any conditions’ after being held for two months over suspicions he defrauded a woman in Berlin who he met on the dating app
By AFP
'Tinder Swindler,' a true-crime documentary about Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, was released on Netflix, on February 2, 2022. (Courtesy: Netflix)
September 17, 2025, 9:00 am
‘Tinder Swindler’ victims describe relief at news of his arrest
Notorious fraudster Shimon Hayut nabbed in Georgia at Interpol’s request three years after Netflix documentary catapulted him to international infamy
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
April 30, 2025, 8:43 am
7-month-old baby dies; family blames police search of their settlement home
Family says officers threw items into playpen where baby was sleeping during their sweep of Givat Ze’ev house; police deny claims, but 4 officers questioned in internal probe
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: A Boeing 787 aircraft seen during final assembly production in Charleston, South Carolina, August 4, 2022. (BOEING / AFP)
April 22, 2025, 9:01 pm
Israeli startup sues ex-CEO for fraud, and allegedly forging contracts using ChatGPT
Promai accuses Erez Ben-Eshay of fabricating fake contracts with giants like Boeing and Tesla, posing as a pilot and romancing the founder to defraud the company
By Sharon Wrobel
Steve Bannon, former advisor to US President Donald Trump, arrives for a pre-trial conference hearing in his fraud case stemming from a fundraising effort to build a border wall, at New York Criminal Court in Manhattan on February 11, 2025. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
February 11, 2025, 9:10 pm
Ex-Trump aide Bannon pleads guilty in US border wall fraud case, avoids prison time
Strategist given three-year conditional discharge for role in ‘We Build the Wall’ project, which involved private fundraising to erect southern border barrier
By Andréa Bambino
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz looks on as he arrives for the third day of his appeal against a corruption sentence linked to mining rights in Guinea, at the Geneva's courthouse, on August 31, 2022. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
October 14, 2024, 4:03 pm
Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz held in Greece on Romanian arrest warrant
Businessman detained hours after arriving on private aircraft at Athens International Airport; Romania has convicted him in absentia for real estate fraud
By Agencies and ToI Staff
New York City Mayor Eric Adams talks to the press outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the mayor of New York City, on September 26, 2024, after he was indicted on federal criminal charges. (Timothy A. Clary/Pool/AFP)
September 26, 2024, 7:44 pm
NYC mayor charged with fraud and bribery in bombshell campaign financing case
Eric Adams remains defiant, vows to defend himself against allegations he received funds from foreign officials in exchange for ‘favorable treatment’; AOC calls for him to resign
By AFP
Screen capture from undated video of Israeli-Canadian Joshua Cartu. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 22, 2024, 3:08 pm
Russia detains Israeli-Canadian citizen wanted in US for fraud
Joshua Cartu wanted for allegedly operating fraudulent binary options trading scam; Moscow says he’ll be charged locally, could face 10 years, extradition not possible
By Reuters and ToI Staff
File: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court, New York City, on August 11, 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
March 29, 2024, 6:18 am
Fallen FTX mogul Bankman-Fried handed 25 years in jail for massive crypto fraud
Judge says former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange failed to express remorse, dodged questions, but sentence falls short of recommendations from prosecutors and probation officers
By Ken Sweet and Larry Neumeister
Illustrative. In vitro fertilization (IVF) of an egg cell. (iStock by Getty Images/ man_at_mouse)
March 18, 2024, 2:24 pm
Israeli IVF clinics imported embryos with serious genetic disease, probe reveals
Medical staff reportedly implanted embryos afflicted with hemophilia in several hopeful mothers, in latest revelation in series of Israeli IVF scandals
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate, February 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
February 17, 2024, 5:38 am
Trump ordered to pay $355 million for lying about his wealth in NY civil fraud case
Judge says former US president and his firm were ‘likely to continue their fraudulent ways’ without penalties, adds ‘the frauds found here leap off the page, shock the conscience’
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz
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