{"id":50697,"date":"2017-03-10T17:05:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T15:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=50697"},"modified":"2017-03-04T14:19:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T12:19:06","slug":"10-05-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=50697","title":{"rendered":"As Israel-based financial fraud soars, police swoop on 20 suspects as part of global, FBI-led sting"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>As Israel-based financial fraud soars, police swoop on 20 suspects as part of global, FBI-led sting<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

SIMONA WEINGLASS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Suspects allegedly impersonated top executives of firms in US, France, Poland and India, and tricked lower-level staff into transferring them huge sums of company money<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Israel Police arrested 20 people this week in conjunction with a global FBI sting against an international crime ring that has allegedly scammed tens of millions of dollars from individuals and companies over the Internet.<\/span>
\n Among those arrested on March 1 were Harry Meir Amar of Netanya, Shimon Ben Shitrit of Ashdod, Tamzi Bebershvili of Netanya, Ori Saadon of Beit Shemesh, Stanislav Nazarov of Or Akiva, Timur Kardanov of Netanya, Rabia Abdel Hai of Tira, Ahmad Abu Naji of Nazareth, Husam Hariri of Umm el-Fahm and Moshe Hazan of Ramat Gan.<\/span><\/p>\n

They are suspected, variously, of fraud, aggravated fraud, conspiring to commit crimes, threats, extortion, money laundering and running a criminal organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

The arrests are part of an ongoing investigation by police fraud officers, in conjunction with the FBI, that the Israel Police has dubbed \u201cCase 278: Social Engineering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the information security world, the term \u201csocial engineering,\u201d refers to the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or giving away secret information. The suspects allegedly approached companies, including insurance companies, banks and pension funds abroad, and impersonated senior executives of those companies. They spoke to mid-level employees of the companies and led them to believe they were being entrusted to handle a large financial transaction on behalf of the company, but one that had to be treated with the utmost secrecy. The mid-level employees were then instructed to wire money from the company\u2019s corporate bank accounts to bank accounts controlled by the alleged fraudsters.<\/span><\/p>\n

This money was then rapidly wired to bank accounts in China and elsewhere, and then transferred on to the alleged fraudsters and their co-conspirators. Among the organizations targeted, according to Israel Police, were companies in Poland, Finland, India, France and the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SomeSome of the assets seized in a March 1, 2017 raid by Israeli police in conjunction with the FBI (Photo courtesy of Israel Police<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

According to Israel Police, the alleged fraudsters hired the Israeli-Arab Hariri crime organization, one of Israel\u2019s most powerful and dangerous organized crime groups, to provide protection through the use of threats and extortion, in exchange for a percentage of the proceeds. Police seized luxury cars, cash and documents during the raids, which took place at multiple locations throughout Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later the same day, police also arrested Meir Cohen, a business owner from Modiin, as well as Swiss citizen and Tel Aviv resident Jonathan Maman. Both were arrested for alleged Internet fraud through impersonation, although the court protocols do not indicate if these arrests were connected to Case 278 or relate to a separate investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SomeSome of the assets seized in a March 1, 2017 raid by Israeli police in conjunction with the FBI (Photo courtesy of Israel Police)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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