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Suspect indicted for alleged online abuse of hundreds of girls
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn indictment is filed against a suspect in the central city of Holon for alleged sexual offenses against around 40 underage girls.
Sergey Ostov, 27, carried out the alleged abuse over the internet.
He’s suspected of abusing another 400 girls located in foreign countries.
Ostov is indicted for 39 serious crimes.
He allegedly contacted girls ages 10-17 online and pushed them into performing lewd acts using threats, payments and coercion.
Ostov was arrested in January at the request of authorities in Finland, Ynet reports.
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