Overview
- Officers raided the 41-year-old suspect’s Afula home Sunday morning and arrested him on suspicion of a large-scale ticket scam.
- Investigators say he posed as a travel agent and sold forged or non-existent flights tied to Tishrei trips to New York.
- Victims reported paying thousands of shekels per ticket before learning their bookings did not exist.
- Travelers were stranded in Athens, turned away at Ben Gurion Airport, or left in New York without return flights.
- The suspect was questioned and brought to the Nof Hagalil Magistrate’s Court, where police sought an extension of his detention as the investigation proceeds.