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The District Court in Jerusalem today (Wednesday) sentenced David Levin to five and a half years in prison, after he was convicted, according to his confession, of defrauding and defrauding people with mental or physical disabilities on several occasions, in order to take their money and property.
In addition, Levin was sentenced to a suspended sentence, a fine and financial compensation to the victims of the crime.
According to the amended indictment, in one of the cases, one of the complainants contacted the defendant following a post he made on Facebook within the group "Loans between friends" and asked for his help in obtaining a loan.
At Levin's request, the complainant, who is deaf, transferred her husband's identification documents to him when the accused used them to purchase a luxury Audi car and an insurance policy and registered it in the name of the complainant's husband without his approval.
After Levin completed the purchase transaction, he removed the vehicle and offered the couple to participate in a scam in which they would purchase a vehicle and insurance in their name, report that the vehicle was stolen and receive money, and this without telling them that the purchase transaction had been made.
The couple asked not to cooperate with his proposal, when he replied falsely that he was canceling the deal.
A few days later, the couple discovered that a car had been purchased in their name.
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In another case, another complainant published a post on Facebook in which she wrote that she was interested in getting a loan and specified her son's phone number.
Levin approached them and offered to help them get a loan.
After a joint meeting, he noticed that the mother and her son had mental and developmental disabilities and decided to take advantage of their distress in order to extract money from them.
Levin asked them to give him identification documents and they did.
Later, the complainant's son demanded that he purchase mobile phones for him in order to take out various loans in his name, but the purchases were not completed.
In addition, Levin demanded that the complainant's son apply for a loan against the apartment he owns, but the request was not approved.
He continued to pressure the complainant's son to make various purchases for him that were not completed, while threatening him and demanding that he transfer money to him.
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He looked for his victims in groups on social networks.
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In addition, Levin continued to pressure and threaten the complainant's son to sell the apartment he owns, among other things he claimed to him that a crime family is interested in buying the apartment and that if he does not act as he demands, his family members will be harmed.
After a series of brutal and violent threats, the complainant's son reluctantly signed the sale of his apartment at a price that is largely below the market price, in order to transfer a payment of NIS 300,000 to the accused.
The apartment was sold but the agreement was canceled after the fraud and his vile actions were discovered.
According to the amended indictment, Levin, who was under full house arrest, went to visit his girlfriend.
A police officer who asked him to identify himself saw that he was violating the conditions of house arrest, informed him that he was under arrest and tried to handcuff him, he tried to run away but was caught after a short chase.
Levin was convicted, as mentioned, on the basis of his admission in the amended indictment of committing crimes of extortion by threats, fraudulently obtaining something under aggravated circumstances, attempting to fraudulently obtain something under aggravated circumstances, using an essential component with the intent to defraud under aggravated circumstances, stealing a vehicle and violating a legal order.
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During the sentencing phase, the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office (criminal), through attorney Tzur Hota, requested that Levin be sentenced to 7 years in prison, probation, a fine, and monetary compensation for the victims of the crime. The prosecutor's office stated that Levin committed sophisticated fraudulent offenses while trying to harness the victims of the crime to commit the crimes, in a way that will make it difficult for them to receive remedies in the future. The prosecution also claimed that the defendant consciously chose vulnerable crime victims and caused them significant damage and high monetary damage. to the victims of the crime.
The court stated that "the defendant's actions raise considerable seriousness".
The sentencing decision also states that "it originates from the decision to improperly exploit innocent victims for profit purposes. Victims whose search for a loan on the Internet reveals the possibility of their financial distress - a distress that was soon revealed to the defendant but he chose to add to it and deepen it by way of financial exploitation of the victims." .
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