An indictment was filed Monday against four suspects accused of operating fake female social-media profiles to befriend Israeli men, then blackmailing them with threats and violence, according to Channel 12. The charge sheet alleges the suspects impersonated married women and a 17-year-old minor to extract money from victims.
Channel 12 reported Monday that the State Prosecution filed an indictment against four individuals accused of running a systematic fraud and extortion scheme via fake social-media profiles. According to the charge sheet, the suspects posed as married women or a 17-year-old minor to lure male victims, and then threatened them with violence and exposure if they did not pay. The indictment marks the latest in a series of Israeli prosecutions targeting online extortion networks — as The Zioneer previously reported, police have filed similar charges this month against suspects operating fake Telegram dating platforms and threatening to expose intimate images.
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