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Israel Police probe alleged catfishing of five women by female suspect

From Jerusalem Post · () English

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  • Israeli police arrested a woman in her 20s suspected of impersonating a man to engage in romantic and sexual relationships with five other women.
  • The suspect allegedly used phone and online communication over several years to maintain these relationships.
  • Police seized digital devices and are seeking to extend her detention to identify any additional victims.

Israeli police have arrested a young woman in Petah Tikva on suspicion of impersonating a man and deceiving five women into romantic and sexual relationships. The suspect, in her 20s, allegedly maintained these relationships over several years through phone calls and online communication.

Authorities initiated an investigation on July 26 after four of the alleged victims contacted the police. This led to the identification of a fifth potential victim. The women reported being in relationships with the suspect, who they believed to be male, for extended periods before discovering the deception.

Police confiscated several digital devices, including laptop computers, a mobile phone, and storage devices, from the suspect's apartment. Investigators plan to seek an extension of her detention and are requesting permission to publish her name to help locate any further victims who may have been deceived by the suspect's persona.

For months we were in a romantic and personal relationship, until I discovered that it was a woman.

— One of the victimsDescribing the duration and nature of her relationship with the suspect before realizing the deception.
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