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Tel Aviv indictment says gang posed as married women to extort men
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83% centerFirst reported by Mako · 4 days ago
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What happened
Israeli prosecutors charged four men in Tel Aviv with using fake Telegram profiles to pose as married women and extort men. The indictment says they threatened, assaulted, and blackmailed victims, collecting more than 550,000 shekels and trying to obtain much more.
- 01Four men were indicted in Tel Aviv for fraud and extortion through fake social media profiles.
- 02They allegedly posed as married women, and sometimes 17-year-old girls, to lure male victims.
- 03The suspects threatened, assaulted, filmed, and blackmailed victims with public exposure.
- 04Prosecutors say they stole phone data and used WhatsApp groups to shame victims' families.
- 05Authorities say more than 550,000 shekels were paid, with hundreds of thousands more demanded.
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