Israel arrests man allegedly paid in crypto to spy for Iran – media
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency and police said an investigation into the suspect’s communications and laptop devices revealed his alleged outreach to Iranian operatives via social media.
He initiated contact, Ynet and i24 news outlets cited security sources as saying, received assignments and was compensated financially in return.
The suspect who was detained last week, was instructed to film several public sites in the Tel Aviv area including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Avramovitch Park in the Bavli neighborhood, and the site of a recent missile impact in Ramat Gan, according to the agencies’ statement.
The locations are primarily suburban and public spaces with no direct access to military or intelligence facilities, though Ramat Gan…
