Top Israeli Cybersecurity Official Arrested in US Child Exploitation Sting

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced the arrest of eight individuals, including a top Israeli official, in a sting operation combating internet crimes against children.

A high-ranking Israeli cybersecurity official was among eight men arrested in a major two-week undercover sting operation, according to a press release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

The operation, which targeted online users seeking to exploit children, was a joint effort by the Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, the FBI’s Child Exploitation Task Force, and multiple local agencies, including the Henderson Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations.

The official has been identified as Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, 38. He was arrested alongside seven other suspects: David Wonnacott-Yahnke, 40; Jose Alberto Perez-Torres, 35; Aniket Brajeshkumar Sadani, 23; James Ramon Reddick, 23; Ramon Manuel Parra Valenzuela, 29; Neal Harrison Creecy, 46; and John Charles Duncan, 49. All eight men face felony ...