Israeli Government Official Arrested in Nevada in Internet Crimes Against Children Sting

 

Israeli Government Official Arrested in Nevada in Internet Crimes Against Children Sting

An Israeli governmet cybersecurity official was reportedly arrested recently by Las Vegas police and other authorities in Nevada who were conducting an undercover investigation aimed at online users seeking to sexually prey on children.

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, 38, faces felony charges of luring a child with a computer for a sex act, alongside several other suspects who were apprehended during the two-week sting operation, the Las Vegas metropolitan police department said in a statement published on Friday. He has since been released from custody on $10,000 bail after an initial court appearance, records show, and returned to Israel.

As first reported by the news site Mediaite, a publicly posted screenshot of Alexandrovich’s page on the LinkedIn professional networking platform described him as the execuntive director of the Israel Cyber Directorate, an Israeli government agency under the purview of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Other information online attributes the same position to Alexandrovich. — The Guardian

Our Take: There appears to be a significant amount of disinformation about this story. A number of people (“influencers”) have implied (or flat out stated) that this Israeli official — one of Netanyahu’s men — has gotten off Scott-free, and will not be prosecuted by the American authorities.

That is simply not true, given the fact that he has been arrested and is out on a $10,000 bail. Here is a screenshot of the public website from the county in which he was arrested, which cites his charges.

The next question is whether the Trump administration played a role in his bail or his “escape” from the country. The federal government would have no jurisdiction to directly control the decision-making by the local authorities to charge him, or release him on bail. The best they could do is call and request his release, which may have happened as part of a diplomatic effort on behalf of Israel. We have yet to see any direct evidence that this has occurred, but should be prepared for it, given the servile disposition the Republican Party and Trump administration has demonstrated toward the Jewish ethno-state. It is also possible that the State of Israel directly intervened and contacted the local authorities, themselves.

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— GhostofBasedPatrickHenry