Two Israelis Charged with Luring Men for Robbery Using Fake Social Media Profile
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Two Israelis, Zohar Peretz and Moshe Halfon, have been indicted for luring men to meetings via fake social media profiles and robbing them. The scheme involved using photos of a young woman to entice victims, followed by violent assaults and theft. The defendants face charges including aggravated robbery and extortion, with prosecutors seeking their detention until trial. The investigation was carried out by the Beer Sheva police.
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- Zohar Peretz and Moshe Halfon are accused of luring men for robbery using a fake social media profile.
- The scheme involved using photos of a young woman to arrange meetings with victims.
- In one incident, a victim was beaten, robbed of cash, a phone, and a bank card, and then extorted for his phone.
- A second incident involved a similar lure, resulting in robbery and car damage.
- The defendants face charges including aggravated robbery and extortion, with prosecutors seeking pre-trial detention.
The State Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment in the Beer Sheva District Court against Zohar Peretz, 28, from Dimona, and Moshe Halfon, 18, from Beer Sheva. They are accused of attacking and robbing men who were lured to meetings through social media profiles posing as a minor girl. According to the indictment, the defendants, along with a third accomplice, devised a robbery scheme. They asked a female acquaintance to take photos of herself to appear underage, and these images were used in communications with potential victims. In one instance, the perpetrators first defrauded a man out of 200 shekels before arranging a meeting at a Beer Sheva parking lot. Upon the victim's arrival, the three attackers, threatening him with a knife, beat him and stole 1100 shekels, a mobile phone, and a bank card. When the victim requested his phone back, the defendants demanded 50,000 shekels for it. A few days later, using a similar method, the three suspects lured another man to a Beer Sheva parking lot. They assaulted him, damaged his car, and stole 600 shekels and a mobile phone. Peretz and Halfon face charges including two counts of aggravated robbery, extortion by threat, fraud, and intentional vehicle damage. The prosecution has also requested their detention until the conclusion of legal proceedings, emphasizing that the crimes were premeditated and involved violence, with one attack occurring in broad daylight in a residential area. The Beer Sheva police conducted the investigation.
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