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Israel: a Franco-Israeli arrested for fraud on French pensioners

2020-11-13T14:14:45.180Z


The Israeli police announced on Friday (November 13th) that they had arrested a Franco-Israeli suspected of having extorted millions of shekels from pensioners in France. " After a long investigation carried out jointly with Interpol ", the police on Thursday arrested on a beach in Tel Aviv a man suspected of " swindling French citizens for a total value of several million shekels, " she said. ind


The Israeli police announced on Friday (November 13th) that they had arrested a Franco-Israeli suspected of having extorted millions of shekels from pensioners in France.

"

After a long investigation carried out jointly with Interpol

", the police on Thursday arrested on a beach in Tel Aviv a man suspected of "

swindling French citizens for a total value of several million shekels,

" she said. indicated in a press release.

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The suspect, a 42-year-old Franco-Israeli citizen, pretended to be "

a representative of French law

" and offered to help his victims, who had already been defrauded, for money.

In fact, it was he who had defrauded these people the first time, according to the police, who added that the French authorities turned to their Israeli counterparts several months ago in connection with the case.

During a search of the suspect's home, the Israeli police confiscated technological equipment used in the scam and recovered more than three million shekels in cash (approximately 750,000 euros).

The Tel Aviv court on Friday extended the suspect's custody by seven days.

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Source: lefigaro

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