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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

extortion

Cash seized for a suspect's home during a police investigation into the suspected extortion of a businessman, August 7, 2023. (Israel Police)
August 8, 2023, 5:01 pm
Crime boss, 7 others nabbed on suspicion of extorting millions from businessman
Alleged gang leader arrested as he catches flight out of country; four suspects suspected of threatening and assaulting victim to get more cash out of him
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 23, 2023, 2:21 pm
Two teenagers suspected of raping, extorting cash from woman, 40
Court remands suspects, 16; alleged victim claims one forced her to have sex with him at knifepoint, pair imprisoned her and her son in bomb shelter
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car and ambulance in Petah Tikva, August 4, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
September 29, 2022, 12:52 pm
Two men suspected of extorting and kidnapping man, suspending him from a tree
Investigation finds victim borrowed NIS 80,000 from the suspects, who demanded he return five times that amount; suspects to be indicted in coming days
By ToI Staff
General view of the Lahav 433 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod, on November 4, 2019. (Flash90)
July 11, 2022, 10:25 am
City mayor detained on suspicion of using extortion to oust opponents from jobs
Three aides also taken in, police say; municipal chief in central region suspected of withholding funding from organizations unless they fired his enemies and their family members
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: In this June 16, 2013 file photo, users browse the Internet in an underground station in Hong Kong. (AP/Kin Cheung)
December 30, 2021, 7:36 pm
With criminals moving online, fraud is now Israel’s top illicit cash crop – ministry
Government report finds scams have become a more lucrative source of money than drug trafficking and physical theft, admits police are unequipped to deal with the phenomenon
By Simona Weinglass
Eliezer Berland arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, on February 9, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )
February 9, 2020, 5:29 pm
21 cases, 200 witnesses: Berland to remain jailed over miracles-for-cash con
Cult-leading convicted sex offender rabbi, 82, accused of extorting millions from sick followers, evading taxes; police say probe opened ‘Pandora’s box’; he denies charges
By Marissa Newman
Rabbi Eliezer Berland shrouds himself with his talit (prayer shawl) at the Magistrates Court in Jerusalem, as he is put on trial for sexual assault charges, November 17, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
February 9, 2020, 6:46 am
Prominent sex offender rabbi Berland arrested in Jerusalem
Police investigating over 200 complaints alleging systematic exploitation of the desperately ill; protesters clash with police during arrest of leader of cult-like sect
By ToI Staff and Marissa Newman
El Al Airlines chief rabbi Yohanan Hayut (YouTube screenshot)
November 29, 2019, 7:28 pm
El Al rabbi accused in fraud scheme alongside his son, the ‘Tinder swindler’
Yohanan Hayut suspected of using son’s fake identity to con philanthropists and business people out of hundreds of millions of shekels
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Eliezer Berland shrouds himself with his talit (prayer shawl) at the Magistrates Court in Jerusalem, as he is put on trial for sexual assault charges, November 17, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
November 7, 2019, 10:37 pm
Police probing sex offender rabbi who told cancer patient to refuse treatment
Lawyer for victim accuses Eliezer Berland, who leads a sect of devout and often violent supporters, of manslaughter
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A person being arrested. (BrianAJackson via iStock by Getty images)
January 14, 2019, 7:34 pm
Six arrested in major laundering, extortion case linked to Israeli soccer
Six more detained for questioning, homes searched, as undercover investigation turns public; suspects said to have defrauded victims of hundreds of millions of shekels
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from FBI wanted poster for Iranians Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, left, and Faramarz Shahi Savandi who are suspected of ransomware cybercrimes against US institutes. (FBI)
November 28, 2018, 7:37 pm
Fugitive Iranian hackers charged in US for ransomware scheme
Faramarz Savandi and Mohammad Mansouri, believed to be in Iran, accused of extorting more than 200 institutes for $6 million
By Agencies
Illustrative. A man's hands in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 28, 2017, 11:07 pm
Israeli to be extradited to US for sexual offenses, extortion
Man allegedly obtained pornographic images of teen girls and threatened to distribute them if victims did not give him private video sessions
By ToI Staff
Illusrative image of Bank Yahav. (Nati Shahat/Flash90)
December 12, 2017, 12:38 am
Man jailed for 3 years in Bank Yahav money extortion case
Court also fines Lior Sharabi, 32, who stole the bank’s databases and threatened to publish them if he didn’t receive millions’ worth of Bitcoins
By ToI Staff
Illustrative hacker image via Shutterstock
May 13, 2017, 12:33 am
Over 70 countries hit in global extortion cyberattack
Computer data from hospitals, telecommunications firms and other companies held for ransom in massive assault
By Jill Lawless and Aritz Parra
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against Israeli army conscription, in Jerusalem, on March 28, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
April 18, 2017, 9:42 am
28 ultra-Orthodox journalists arrested on suspicion of extortion
Police nab senior staff and editors of Hapeles newspaper for alleged harassment of potential advertisers
By ToI Staff
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