&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "He brought a condom? Israeli officer meets 15-year-old for 'sexual contact', nabbed")
An Israeli government official was charged with soliciting a minor girl in Las Vegas. Police said the accused, Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, brought a condom to have "sexual contact" with the 15-year-old girl. He was reported to be a division head at the Israel National Cyber Directorate and was arrested after a sting operation by police aimed at online users seeking to sexually prey on children.
“The sexual contact included bringing a condom and taking the decoy to ‘Cirque du Soleil’,” which stages elaborate shows along the Las Vegas Strip, said police documents seen by 8NewsNow.
It was also reported that the man chatted with an officer posing as a teenager before he was arrested. The details into the came came after the state department denied the US government played any role in releasing the Israeli official.
A swarm of commentary online speculated that Alexanderovich had been shielded by the government at a time when Donald Trump's administration is struggling to contain criticism over unfulfilled promises to release all files related to Jefferey Epstein case.
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“The Department of State is aware that Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, an Israeli citizen, was arrested in Las Vegas and given a court date for charges related to soliciting sex electronically from a minor,” the state department wrote on X.
“He did not claim diplomatic immunity and was released by a state judge pending a court date. Any claims that the US government intervened are false," the post added.
