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Gilbert Chikli

Shirly Chikli, ex-wife of French-Israeli con man Gilbert Chikli, gets her screen time on Netflix's 'The Masked Scammer,' a documentary about the scammer and his story. (Courtesy screen grab)
December 18, 2022, 3:10 am
Netflix documentary about flim-flammer Gilbert Chikli gives Israeli ex the last word
‘The Masked Scammer’ brings Shirly Chikli — an aspiring DJ and single mom of four — to the screen to tell her side of a story that saw her former husband con the rich and famous
By Jessica Steinberg
Gilbert Chikli giving an interview in Israel at his Ashdod home, December 29, 2015. (Courtesy of i24 News/ via JTA)
March 12, 2020, 12:31 pm
French court jails Franco-Israeli pair who posed as top minister in scam
Gilbert Chikli, 54, gets 11 years, Anthony Lasarevitsch, 35, gets 7 for swindle using mask to impersonate Jean-Yves Le Drian and dupe the rich and famous for millions
By AFP
Jean-Yves Le Drian attends a working session during the foreign ministers of G7 nations' meeting in Dinard, on April 6, 2019. (AFP/Pool/Stephane Mahe)
February 4, 2020, 4:08 pm
Two French-Israelis go on trial over fake France defense minister scam
Gilbert Chikli and Anthony Lasarevitsch are suspected of masterminding fraud that allegedly netted tens of millions of euros by posing as top French politician
By AFP
Gilbert Chikli giving an interview in Israel at his Ashdod home, December 29, 2015. (Courtesy of i24 News/ via JTA)
September 26, 2019, 1:43 pm
French-Israeli men to stand trial over fake foreign minister scam
Gilbert Chikli and Anthony Lasarevitsch believed to be masterminds of audacious multi-million-euro shakedown that targeted wealthy people by impersonating top politician
By AFP
Gilbert Chikli, 50, and his wife, Shirly Chikli, 31, pose at their home in Ashdod on March 28, 2016. (AP/Oded Balilty)
August 19, 2017, 11:46 pm
Ukraine arrests French-Israeli wanted in ‘fake CEO’ scam
Gilbert Chikli, living in Israel since 2009, nabbed along with another French-Israeli suspect
By AFP
Financial fraud (Illustrative: iStock)
March 4, 2017, 1:59 pm
As Israel-based financial fraud soars, police swoop on 20 suspects as part of global, FBI-led sting
Suspects allegedly impersonated top executives of firms in US, France, Poland and India, and tricked lower-level staff into transferring them huge sums of company money
By Simona Weinglass
In this March 28, 2016 file photo, Gilbert Chikli, 50, and his wife Shirly Chikli, 31, pose for a photo at their home in Ashdod, Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
June 7, 2016, 10:23 pm
Israeli con men steal millions from global companies
In international scam, 8 French and Italian-speaking Israelis trick workers into transferring money to bank accounts in their control
By Daniel Estrin and Erika Kinetz
Illustrative photo of a Spanish Civil Guard policeman detaining a suspect in Madrid, Spain. February 17, 2016 (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
March 29, 2016, 1:25 am
From Israel to Colombia, who’s laundering money in China
Criminal networks, including Israeli ones, increasingly turn to Chinese financial institutions to hide ill-gotten funds
By Erika Kinetz
Gilbert Chikli, 50, and his wife, Shirly Chikli, 31, pose at their home in Ashdod on March 28, 2016. (AP/Oded Balilty)
March 29, 2016, 12:05 am
How a French-Israeli grifter became a money-laundering pioneer in China
Convicted con man Gilbert Chikli, sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison by a French court last year but living openly in Ashdod, is credited with masterminding a fraud that has cost companies $1.8 billion. To get away with it, he became the first of many to look east
By AP
Vincent Elbaz, left, and Ludovik Day taking a break from the filming of 'Je Compte sur Vous' in Tel Aviv, May 2015. (Courtesy of Pascal Elbe/ via JTA)
February 10, 2016, 1:23 pm
Are French Jewish criminals using Israel as a get-out-of-jail card?
Film on French fugitive living free in Ashdod highlights lack of justice cooperation — and stirs unease among aliyah professionals
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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