Last week, Israel extradited Ori Maymon, Afik Tori, and Gilad Mazugi to the US after the US government requested the move so that they could be prosecuted there on charges of fraud by electronic means and conspiracy to commit fraud.
Maymon, Tori, and Mazugi, along with others, operated as part of a large-scale fraudulent enterprise under a company named "Yucom", which defrauded American citizens and others, through websites, which pretended to be trading platforms for binary options investments.
According to authorities, Yukom employees pretended to be from other countries, lied about their professional qualifications, and adopted "stage names." The total operation, which took place from 2014 to 2017, is estimated to have stolen approximately $148,000,000.