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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Israeli said to confess to spying on Romanian anti-corruption czar
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleOne of the four Israelis being investigated in Romania for spying on the country’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor has confessed, according to Romanian reports.
The reports do not name the suspect.
Two of those being probed are former Mossad agents Dan Zorella and Avi Yanus, co-founders and directors of private Israeli investigation firm Black Cube, the report by the Rise Project investigators says. However, the company denies they are under investigation.
The other two, Black Cube employees Ron Weiner and David Geclowicz, have been arrested by Romanian police on suspicion of carrying out a series of cyber-attacks on Romania’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi.
Black Cube confirmed the two had been arrested, in a statement to The Times of Israel.
The Times of Israel Community.