Indictment: Posed as a Minor Online, Lured Men to a Meeting in Be'er Sheva - and Robbed Them

The State Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Zohar Peretz (28) and Moshe Halfon (18) for posing as a minor online, luring men to meetings in Be'er Sheva, and robbing them at knifepoint. The defendants demanded 50,000 shekels for the return of a stolen phone.

The State Prosecutor's Office today (Sunday) filed an indictment with the Be'er Sheva District Court against Zohar Peretz (28) from Dimona and Moshe Halfon (18) from Be'er Sheva, charging them with two counts of aggravated robbery, extortion by threats, obtaining something by deception, and intentional damage to a vehicle. According to the indictment, the two conspired with another suspect who has not yet been arrested to pose as a minor girl on the dating app "MAKE LOVE" and on Telegram, using a photo of a young woman they asked to pose as a minor, in order to lure men to meetings and rob them. In the first case, the three fraudulently obtained 200 shekels from a complainant, invited him to a parking lot in Be'er Sheva, shouted at him "You came to my sister, she's a minor," threatened him with a knife, hit him on the head, and robbed him of 1,100 shekels, an iPhone 12, and a credit card. When he asked for his device back, they demanded 50,000 shekels. About five days later, they lured another man to a parking lot in the city, climbed onto the roof of his car, cracked the windshield with kicks, attacked him, and robbed him of 600 shekels and an iPhone. The arrest request noted that the two have prior convictions for violent offenses and that they acted "without any fear or concern" in the middle of a residential neighborhood in broad daylight.