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An online store selling counterfeit merchandise identified with the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.(Courtesy)
October 23, 2025, 7:38 pm
Hostages Forum warns of online fraud schemes exploiting goodwill of supporters
Group supporting hostages’ families together with BrandShield have clamped down on over 1,000 fake product listings and phishing scams stealing donations
By Sharon Wrobel
Police enter a building on May 11, 2021, in connection with an 'action day' against alleged investment fradusters. (Rheinland Pflaz Police)
June 3, 2021, 11:14 pm
Israeli and European police arrest suspects in Israel-run investment fraud
On May 11, police in several countries carried out arrests and searches in connection with the allegedly fraudulent websites: Tradorax, Tradervc, Kayafx, Kontofx and Libramarkets
By Simona Weinglass
Blue and White chair Benny Gantz speaking at a Times of Israel / Tel Aviv International Salon event on April 2, 2019. (Stephanie Bitan/Times of Israel)
April 2, 2019, 2:11 pm
Democracy is working, but in danger, Blue and White’s Benny Gantz warns
Prime ministerial hopeful tells ToI’s David Horovitz he is open to partnering with ultra-Orthodox, says elections not being fought fair
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: A person being arrested. (BrianAJackson via iStock by Getty images)
December 25, 2018, 5:52 pm
Suspected fraudster arrested for posing as mystic love guru
Rehovot man allegedly promised his victims he could make their former romantic partners return, in exchange for thousands of shekels
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: A hacker at work. (supershabashnyi, iStock by Getty Images)
November 22, 2018, 12:26 pm
Using cat and mouse techniques, dozens of Israeli firms prowl for online fraud
Israel has become a mecca of fraud prevention technology, with 35 companies that have raised half a billion dollars in venture capital, and generated $1.5 billion in exits
By Ronen Shnidman
Kenny Sahr
October 14, 2018, 6:28 pm
Kenny Sahr
‘Crime doesn’t pay’ thanks to technology
With all the recent news about the ‘sins’ of tech companies, let’s take a look at the positive side: there’s never been a worse time to commit a crime online
Phone fraud (Illustrative image: iStock)
July 28, 2018, 2:37 am
Israeli police arrest 8 French-speakers for allegedly scamming French businesses
Working from an apartment in Ashdod, suspects alleged to call companies in France and charge them for ‘permits’ certifying they are accessible to the disabled
By ToI Staff
In this September 27, 2010, photo, Raphael Golb, center, and his attorney Ron Kuby, left, confer during a recess in his trial at Manhattan State Supreme Court in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
April 17, 2018, 8:18 am
Case of Dead Sea Scrolls, online aliases ends with probation
Scholarly dispute about which Jewish authors wrote ancient religious texts leads to philosophical, erudite court case
By Jennifer Peltz
In this Sept. 27, 2010, file photo, Raphael Golb, center, and his attorney Ron Kuby, left, confer during a recess in his trial at Manhattan State Supreme Court in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)
April 16, 2018, 8:29 am
Strange case of online impersonation in Dead Sea Scrolls feud set to end
Ten years ago, Raphael Golb created fake online accounts to go after the detractors of his scholar father; courts have spent the years since trying to figure out what he did wrong
By AP
Financial fraud (Illustrative: iStock)
March 12, 2017, 10:44 am
Israeli said set to be extradited to US over massive online scam
Harry Amar from Netanya among 20 Israelis arrested on March 1 as part of FBI, Israel Police sting on multi-million dollar fraud syndicate
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: a computer (Pexels)
August 1, 2016, 4:28 pm
Nigerian behind $60m online fraud network arrested
Interpol says 40-year-old, known as ‘Mike,’ conned one victim out of $15.4 million
By AFP
Infographic shows US states where customers suffer highest rates of online e-commerce fraud (Courtesy)
July 15, 2015, 6:45 pm
Israeli tech firms wins an ‘Oscar’ for fraud prevention
Forter takes home the Silver Stevie Award for best start-up, providing technology to protect retail websites from theft
By David Shamah
Illustrative: computer security (cyber security image via Shutterstock)
From the WebMay 7, 2014, 5:58 pm
Israel’s Biocatch spots the movement of cyber criminals
Reuters: A new technology monitors finger movements and writing styles to catch fraudsters
Police accompany to a Jerusalem court a teacher accused of harassing girls on the Internet (Photo credit: Flash 90)
February 10, 2014, 6:32 pm
A third of Israelis suffer online bullying
Unsafe surfing is endemic to Israel, a poll ahead of Safer Internet Day shows; kids and adults are victims of abuse, theft, privacy invasions
By David Shamah
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