Two Israelis Indicted for Posing as Teen Girl to Lure, Rob Men
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Two Israelis, Zohar Peretz and Moshe Halfon, have been indicted for posing as a teenage girl online to lure men into traps where they were robbed. The scheme involved using a young woman's photos and culminated in one victim being threatened with a knife, beaten, and robbed of cash, a phone, and a debit card. The defendants are also accused of demanding a large sum for the phone's return and face charges including aggravated robbery and extortion.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Zohar Peretz and Moshe Halfon indicted for posing as a girl to rob men.
- The defendants used a young woman's photos in their online deception.
- One victim was threatened with a knife, beaten, and robbed of 1,100 shekels.
- The accused demanded 50,000 shekels for the return of a stolen phone.
- Charges include aggravated robbery, extortion, fraud, and vehicle damage.
The State Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against Zohar Peretz, 28, from Dimona, and Moshe Halfon, 18, from Beersheba, in the Beersheba District Court. The two are accused of impersonating a teenage girl on social media to lure men into meetings, where they would then assault and rob them.
According to the indictment, the defendants approached a young woman they knew and asked her to pose for photos, intending to use her image in their online communications. In one instance, they defrauded a man out of 200 shekels. They then arranged another meeting with him, threatened him with a knife, beat him, and stole 1,100 shekels, a mobile phone, and a bank debit card. When the victim requested his phone back, they demanded 50,000 shekels for its return.
The charges against them include aggravated robbery, extortion by threats, obtaining property by deception, and malicious damage to a vehicle.
