Former senior cop convicted of peeping at women in station bathroom

A former high-ranking cop has been convicted of filming female officers in his police station’s bathrooms, the Department for Internal Police Investigations says.

Oren Ben-Moshe, who headed the central fraud unit, confessed in a plea deal to installing police-issued surveillance cameras in the women’s restrooms in his station.

Ben-Moshe filmed dozens of women undressing, using these cameras, which were intended for investigative use. He at times even snuck into restrooms to record female officers with his phone. He then downloaded the videos to his computer.

When policewomen spotted one of the recording devices in the bathroom and brought it to Ben-Moshe, he lied and told them he would handle the matter. He instructed them not to tell others in the unit about the discovery, the DIPI says. He was later charged in the case, and fired from his post.

Ben Moshe is convicted of indecent acts, abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court.

“These are extremely serious acts committed by a senior officer in a police station, who cynically exploited his authority, access to the unit’s facilities and the trust placed in him,” says DIPI attorney Natalie Haggai.

Prosecutors are seeking jail time for Ben-Moshe, Haggai says, “because such actions, especially when committed within law enforcement, must be met with significant punishment, to ensure justice for the women he harmed.”