Overview

• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department named Tom Artiom Alexandrovich among eight suspects arrested in a two-week undercover operation targeting online child sex predators.
• Nevada authorities charged Alexandrovich with felony luring of a child with a computer for a sex act, a crime punishable by one to ten years in prison.
• A now-deleted LinkedIn profile described him as executive director of the Israel Cyber Directorate and showed he attended the Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas.
• Israel’s prime minister’s office denied that an arrest took place, stating that Alexandrovich was questioned by U.S. agents and returned to Israel as planned.
• No public details have emerged about any ongoing U.S. prosecution or the next legal steps following his release.