Extortion

Police bust major protection racket targeting contractors

Undercover Lahav 433 operation exposes widespread extortion scheme using fake 'security services,' leading to arrests and seizure of assets worth millions.

Daburiyya man charged in brutal debt-linked abduction

Prosecutors say the 25-year-old abducted a debtor from an Afula pizza shop, burned him with a heated iron rod, and threatened him at gunpoint.

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Rabbinical court rocked by fraud allegations

Lahav 433 concluded a criminal probe into senior rabbinical officials, including a former Chief Rabbi, over alleged extortion, bribery, and judicial manipulation.

Arab arrested for threatening kidnapping and extortion

An indictment was filed against a young man from Tamra who threatened to kidnap children and harm a family if he did not receive 150,000 shekels.

Scammers swindle fellow Israelis out of thousands of shekels

Two Israelis working out of Thailand took thousands of shekels from fellow countrymen, promising concert tickets, emergency boat rides back to Israel, and more, and then disappeared.

Watch: Police catch blackmail gang in the act

Four individuals were caught trying to extort an attorney in Tel Aviv.

Arab suspects responsible for half of extortion cases in Israel

Data revealed for the first time shows that 47% of extortion cases in Israel over the last two years originate from Arab residents.

Matt Gaetz says he's part of an extortion plot - worth $25m

Matt Gaetz says he’s part of a multimillion-dollar extortion plot. It involves missing Jewish FBI agent Robert Levinson.

"Give me money or we'll break windows"

Law and order is not a racist conspiracy. It’s how the weak and law-abiding are protected from thugs who would rob all they have. Op-ed.

Gantz will not appeal to haredim as he abhors 'extortion'

'We'll turn to Likud to form government based on secular majority in Israel,' Blue and White Chairman promises.

'If the coalition breaks apart, we'll push off elections'

If PM Netanyahu early elections, coalition and opposition parties will band together to delay elections until October, sources say.

Police nab man suspected of blackmailing Israeli bank

Blackmailer stole customer information, threatened to leak data if not paid 1 million shekels in bitcoin.

'Give me money, then you can talk to your daughter'

Despite receiving child support, woman uses daughter to extort money from ex-husband. Activists say phenomenon is ignored by media.

Arab burglar caught by his own greed, stupidity

Illegal infiltrator broke into a Jewish home, threatened murder, then tried blackmail – and was caught.

PA Threatens Australia Over Jerusalem Terminology

PA threatens Canberra with trade sanctions, UN moves over decision to use more accurate terminology for land over 1949 Armistice lines.

Protests as Rabbi Remains in Custody

Protesters call to release kabbalistic rabbi accused of extortion. Jerusalem rally turns violent.

Kabbalist Rabbi Arrested in Extortion Case

Rabbi and mobster both accused of extortion in Netivot elections. Rabbi claims innocence. Lawyer, ‘He just gave blessings.’

Times Square Anti-Semitic 'Elmo' Charged with Extortion

New York City's anti-Semitic 'Elmo' attempted to extort $2 million from the Girl Scouts, in another provocation since last year's tirade.

Exposed: Shin Bet’s Secret Tactics

Expose accuses Shin Bet of using trickery to get Israelis to spy on Israelis in Judea and Samaria.

Former Rabbinic Aide Charged with Fraud

An Israeli with political influence in the U.S. has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, possible extortion.