Overview

• Nevada’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force led a two-week undercover operation with the FBI, Henderson Police and Homeland Security Investigations that resulted in eight arrests, including Tom Artiom Alexandrovich.
• Court records show Alexandrovich posted a $10,000 bail, secured his release from the Henderson Detention Center, and returned to Israel.
• Screenshots of a now-deleted LinkedIn profile identified him as executive director of the Israel Cyber Directorate and recorded his attendance at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas.
• Israel’s prime minister’s office denied any formal arrest, saying the state employee was questioned without a diplomatic visa and proceeded home as scheduled.
• U.S. law enforcement maintains he faces a felony charge of luring a child with a computer for a sex act, with no public update on extradition or further proceedings.