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Two Israelis Charged with Luring Men for Robbery Using Fake Social Media Profile
The State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment in the Beersheba District Court against Zohar Peretz, 28, of Dimona, and Moshe Halfon, 18, of Beersheba, for allegedly luring men to meetings using a fake online profile and robbing them. The two defendants, along with a third accomplice who has not yet been arrested, are accused of posing as an underage girl on social media and dating applications to arrange the encounters.
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What happened
- 01Zohar Peretz and Moshe Halfon were indicted in Beersheba for posing as an underage girl online to lure and rob men.
- 02The defendants allegedly conspired with a third suspect to use a young woman's photos to arrange meetings in parking lots.
- 03In one incident, a victim was threatened with a knife, beaten, and robbed of 1,100 shekels, an iPhone, and a debit card.
- 04The suspects allegedly demanded 50,000 shekels from the first victim in exchange for returning his stolen mobile phone.
- 05During a second incident, the attackers damaged a victim's car windshield, assaulted him, and stole 600 shekels and an iPhone.
- 06The charges against the defendants include aggravated robbery, extortion by threats, fraud, and malicious damage to a vehicle.
- 07Prosecutors requested that the defendants be detained until the end of legal proceedings, citing their prior violent convictions.
According to the indictment, the suspects used photos of a young female acquaintance to entice victims. In one incident last month, they defrauded a man of 200 shekels before arranging a meeting in a Beersheba parking lot. When the victim arrived, the attackers threatened him with a knife, assaulted him, and stole 1,100 shekels, an iPhone 12, and a debit card. They later demanded 50,000 shekels from the victim to return his phone.
In a second incident five days later, the group lured another man to a Beersheba parking lot in broad daylight. The attackers climbed onto his car, kicked in the windshield, assaulted him, and stole 600 shekels and an iPhone. The defendants face charges of aggravated robbery, extortion, fraud, and malicious damage to a vehicle, with prosecutors seeking their detention until the end of legal proceedings due to their prior violent convictions.
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