Israeli man arrested for acting as an Iranian spy in exchange for cryptocurrency

A 27 -year -old Aviv resident was recently arrested by police for allegedly spied on Israeli officials for Iran. Thousands of dollars were paid in cryptocurrency for his efforts.

According to a recent new reports by i24 and Arutz Sheva, Israeli Authorities said the suspect, a man named or Beilin, had been paid thousands of dollars in crypto to spy on Israeli officials and political activities.

Following the instructions of his manager, the Israeli man was responsible for spying on civil servants by taking photos of their houses in secret, documenting the military facilities of the government and reporting political graffiti painted in spraying.

The 27 -year -old was arrested on June 24 by Israeli police and the Shin Bet security service. The police went down to his house and entered the computer of the culprit and other digital equipment used to receive crypto payments and communicate with Iranian contacts.

He was temporarily held under suspicion while the authorities continue to carry out investigations on the issue.

According to the reportThe Tel Aviv magistrate court extended its detention until June 26 when the investigation continues.

In an announcement, the authorities warned civilians of the underlying threat of Iranian Intelligence and affiliated terrorist organizations to recruit Israeli citizens to carry out spying and other hostile activities.

According to police, people are often recruited through social networks platforms. Managers often attract them with the promise of money, crypto or any other way to reward them for espionage. Police urged residents to report any suspicious recruitment to foreign players.

More recently, police arrested two other Israeli citizens were also arrested for similar spy activities. One of them is Dmitri Cohen, 28, who is accused of having collected information on the fiancée of the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Cohen would have promised a batch of cryptocurrency worth $ 500 for each task finished, accumulating thousands of dollars.

Iran retaliated against the United States and Israel

Recently, Iran retaliated against the United States after launching a major bomb in Iran targeting three nuclear sites. On June 24, Iran pulled missiles on AA US Base in Qatar. However, the United States was able to intercept the missiles and managed to prevent victims of the attack.

The cryptography market reacted positively to the news of interception, with Bitcoin briefly bounce On the level of $ 103,000 after previously plunged below the $ 100,000 threshold.