Two men, Aviv Hadad, 22, of Rosh HaAyin, and Yair Shimon Zamor, 20, of Elad, were indicted at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Thursday for violently robbing a young woman who had withdrawn tens of thousands of shekels from an ATM after falling victim to a Telegram scam. Zamor faces charges of aggravated robbery; Hadad is charged with aggravated robbery, obstruction of a police officer, driving while disqualified, and using a vehicle to commit a crime.
The Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court received indictments Thursday against Aviv Hadad, 22, and Yair Shimon Zamor, 20, for the violent robbery of a young woman who had withdrawn tens of thousands of shekels at an ATM after being deceived via a Telegram fraud scheme. According to the charge sheet reported by Channel 12's Itay Gal-On, Zamor is accused of aggravated robbery; Hadad faces additional counts of obstructing a police officer and driving while disqualified. The case underscores a growing pattern of offline, violent crime linked to Telegram-based financial scams targeting individuals in Israel.
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