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Convicted Comverse CEO Kobi Alexander Released From Israeli Jail

27.03.18|Tomer Ganon
Mr. Alexander, who was serving a prison sentence in the U.S. for fraud charges, transferred to an Israeli prison earlier this month, where a third of his sentence was commuted for good behavior
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CTech’s Sunday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

25.03.18|CTech
U.S. court charges Israeli CEO with binary options fraud. Stock market downturn leads biotech company Polypid to backtrack on IPO
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U.S. Court Charges Israeli CEO in Binary Options Fraud

25.03.18|Zohar Shahar Levy and Tomer Ganon
Lee Elbaz, the former CEO of Binary Options company Yokum, was arrested by the FBI in September while on a private visit to the U.S.
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Israeli Police Suspect Netanyahu Aides of Striking Illicit Deal with Telecom Executives

19.02.18|Tomer Ganon and Zohar Shahar Levy
Seven Israelis have been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged deal to sway news coverage of the country’s prime minister in return for favorable regulatory treatment
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Thieves Have it Easy with Bitcoin, Says Anti-Fraud Entrepreneur

23.01.18|Meir Orbach
Nimrod Lehavi founded Simplex, a startup that enables users to purchase bitcoin with a credit card with a fraud protection guarantee
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One Person Drove Bitcoin from $150 to $1,000, Study Finds

19.01.18|Hagar Ravet
Bitcoin price hike in 2013 can be tied to suspicious trades by one specific user, say researchers who analyzed leaked data from a now-defunct exchange
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Convicted Comverse CEO Kobi Alexander, Serving Prison Sentence in the U.S., to Transfer to Israel

07.12.17|Moshe Gorali and Tomer Ganon
In November, Mr. Alexander appealed to be transferred to an Israeli prison, where he could have a third of his term reduced for ‘good behavior’
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CEO of Surgical Robotics Company Mazor Robotics Subject of Insider Trading Probe

03.12.17|Tomer Ganon and Dror Reich
The investigation concerns a May 2016 deal with medical device maker Medtronic
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Convicted Comverse CEO Kobi Alexander Asks to Serve Prison Sentence in Israel

09.11.17|Moshe Gorali, Tomer Ganon, and Tamar Tunik
Mr. Alexander, who fled to Namibia to avoid fraud charges in a 2006 backdating stock options scandal, is now serving time in the U.S.
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Former Telit CEO Under Scrutiny by U.K. Regulators, Report Says

02.11.17|Meir Orbach
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority has opened an inquiry into share sales by Oozi Cats, Sky News reports
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Israeli Businessman Convicted of $14 Million Market Manipulation

17.10.17|Tomer Ganon
Fashion retail chain owner Eyal Hadad confessed to and was convicted of manipulating the securities of medical device company Itamar Medical, which recently signed a purchase agreement with Mayo Clinic