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US court sentences Israeli CEO for scamming Americans

Israeli media (not US newspapers) report that an Israeli CEO has been sentenced in a US court for defrauding Americans out of millions of dollars. The company specifically targeted the elderly and the vulnerable, one of over 100 Israeli companies perpetrating a scam called “binary options”… Israel permitted the scam for a decade…

Ha’aretz: Could the FBI Hold 15,000 Israelis Criminally Responsible Over Binary Options?

The FBI, apparently escalating its campaign against the binary options swindle, has arrested four Israeli women. Until 2017, Israel was considered a binary options powerhouse, with some 150-200 companies taking in as much as $5 billion a day. The Israeli firms were known for stinging customers around the world.