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Until now only cases 357+ (plus a few older ones) had their linked URLs fetched; the other 252 dossiers held just the text pasted into the spreadsheet, often only the lede. This pass fetches every linked URL for those cases so the full text is on file before link rot takes it. - stage_all.py: new --include-sheet-cases flag that lifts the skip on cases holding spreadsheet articles. Resumable as before. - staging/: raw extracts and index.json for the 252 cases. - sourced-articles.json, case-files-manifest.json: 188 new UNTRIMMED blocks. 179 cases gained at least one fetched article; 73 got none (49 BLOCKED, 18 THIN, 9 DEAD, 4 video/social, 3 ERROR). - sources/*.txt: rebuilt with build_cases.py --all. Sheet pastes are kept; fetched blocks sit beside them under the NOT YET TRIMMED banner. Files previously committed with CRLF are now LF. - wayback-availability.json: Wayback snapshots exist for 73 of the 98 failed URL slots; input for an archive-fetch pass. - README-START-HERE.md: progress note and next step. verify_all.py PASSES (1836 checks). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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CASE 254 | Herzliya resident | September 7, 2025 | Israel
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 254
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date September 7, 2025
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original_date September 7, 2025
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year 2025
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month 9
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quarter 2025-Q3
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victim Herzliya resident
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location Herzliya
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country Israel
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scenario Home Invasion
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description Bitcoin heist turns brutal: Herzliya resident stabbed, robbed of $600,000 in digital assets
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kidnappings 1
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violence_torture 1
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drugs_alcohol 0
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weapons 1
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theft 1
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted $650,000
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coin_type $547,260 in Bitcoin and approximately $42,248 in USDT, a Rolex watch valued at around ₪189,800 (about $50,000), a laptop, a Trezor crypto wallet, about €5,000, and several thousand shekels in cash.
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reports DLnews
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notes he was held hostage and tortured after opening his door and being ambushed. They stabbed him in both legs
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has_processed_date 1
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created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
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AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
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**Victim:** Herzliya resident
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**Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
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**Attack Method:** Home Invasion - victim kidnapped
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**Violence Used:** Stabbing
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**Crypto Stolen:** $650,000 in $547,260 in Bitcoin and approximately $42,248 in USDT, a Rolex watch valued at around ₪189,800 (about $50,000), a laptop, a Trezor crypto wallet, about €5,000, and several thousand shekels in cash.
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**Status:** Investigation ongoing
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/violent-btc-theft-in-israel-linked-to-organised-crime/
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 255: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
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Source Calcalistech, DLnews, Yahoo
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URL https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/violent-btc-theft-in-israel-linked-to-organised-crime/
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Bitcoin heist turns brutal: Herzliya resident stabbed, robbed of $600,000 in digital assets
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Tel Aviv District Attorney indicts Murad Mahajna, a repeat offender, in one of Israel’s most violent crypto-related crimes.
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The Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office filed an indictment this week against Murad Mahajna, 46, a resident of Tel Aviv, for the violent robbery of cryptocurrencies from a residential apartment in Herzliya.
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According to the indictment, Mahajna and two accomplices discovered that the victim, a Herzliya resident who lives with his wife and two daughters, owned Bitcoin, and planned to rob him.
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On September 7 at 8:10 a.m., the three suspects allegedly waited for the victim in the stairwell of his building. When he opened his door, two of them, wearing black face masks, pushed him forcefully into the apartment. The assailants tied the victim’s hands with a cable and began beating him.
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Mahajna, who was not wearing a mask, allegedly told the victim, “We came to take money, we are from the Karaja family,” and demanded 500 Bitcoins, worth approximately $55 million.
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One of the robbers took a knife from the kitchen and held it to the victim’s neck. Mahajna then demanded that he open his digital wallet, threatening: “Let me get you out of this incident alive.” When the victim refused, the attackers stabbed him twice, once in the left leg and once in the right leg above the knee.
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Under threat and in pain, the victim surrendered his digital wallet codes. The robbers transferred $547,260 in Bitcoin and approximately $42,248 in USDT. They also stole a Rolex watch valued at around ₪189,800 (about $50,000), a laptop, a Trezor crypto wallet, about €5,000, and several thousand shekels in cash.
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The robbery lasted approximately one hour and ten minutes. Throughout the ordeal, Mahajna threatened the victim not to contact police, warning: “If the police are contacted, the family will be harmed.” Before leaving, the robbers cleaned the apartment with disinfectant to obscure evidence, leaving the victim tied up, bleeding, and bruised.
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Two days later, Mahajna allegedly called the victim again, demanding additional wallet codes and coins within 24 hours. When the victim refused, Mahajna threatened: “Wherever you took the wife and children, we will find them.”
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Initially too afraid to contact authorities, the victim eventually told his family, who persuaded him to file a complaint.
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Police arrested Mahajna on September 10. Evidence collected in the case includes recorded phone calls, voice identification, technological data, and security camera footage. Mahajna has ten prior convictions for violent, drug, and weapons offenses.
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The indictment charges Mahajna with breaking and entering a residence, aggravated robbery, extortion by threats, obstruction of justice, and making threats. The defendant denies the allegations against him.
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ARTICLE 2
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Source Calcalistech, DLnews, Yahoo
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URL (no URL recorded for this column)
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 255, column "Article 2"
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Length 4,216 chars
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Violent $650,000 Bitcoin theft in Israel linked to organised crime: report
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A Tel Aviv man allegedly beat and stabbed a crypto holder to steal $650,000 in Bitcoin and other assets.
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The loot was laundered through centralised crypto exchanges HTX and Kyrrex, prosecutors say.
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It is one of Israel’s most violent crypto heists yet.
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An Israeli man has been charged on Wednesday with carrying out a violent crypto robbery in the Israeli city of Herzliya.
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Prosecutors in Tel Aviv have filed an indictment against Murad Mahajneh, 46, alleging that he and two unidentified accomplices broke into an apartment last month and assaulted its resident.
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The group stole roughly $650,000 worth of Bitcoin and Tether, along with a Rolex watch and cash, according to reporting from Israeli news outlet Ynet.
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“Such incidents remain rare in Israel, compared to countries like the United States and France, which consistently lead the global chart of crypto-related physical attacks,” Eyal Gruper, co-founder and CEO of Israel-based Bitcoin recovery company RITREK, told DL News.
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Gruper said the attack in Herzliya was the second documented physical attack on crypto holders in Israel.
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Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp released a tracker of physical attacks against crypto holders, which shows how, over time, the attack vector has shifted from digital to physical, with victims ranging from small traders to high-profile entrepreneurs. Many incidents involve fake police, honey traps, or “wrench attacks” — a term for crimes where criminals threaten victims with physical harm to extract wallet keys.
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In one case in May, three Florida teenagers allegedly ambushed a crypto event attendee in Las Vegas, forced him into their vehicle at gunpoint, drove him more than 70 miles into the Arizona desert, and coerced him to hand over passwords and access to crypto wallets — reportedly stealing $4 million in cryptocurrencies and NFTs — before abandoning him to walk miles to safety.
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Several incidents occurred in France this year. In June, five people were charged over a crypto ransom abduction on New Year’s Eve, where the victim was beaten, doused in petrol, and locked in a car trunk.
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$650,000 ‘wrench attack’ in Israel
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Mahajneh’s indictment, cited by Ynet, details how the attackers waited for the victim outside his home last month, forced their way inside, and tied him up.
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“We came to take the money, we’re from the Karaja family,” Mahajneh allegedly declared, apparently invoking the name of a known criminal network to intimidate the victim.
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The assailants demanded access to the man’s Bitcoin wallet, beat and stabbed him in the legs, and threatened to harm his family if he refused to cooperate, according to the indictment.
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Under duress, the victim revealed the password to his Exodus crypto wallet, allowing the attackers to transfer nearly 5 Bitcoin, worth about $610,000 in today’s price, and over 42,000 USDT into wallets they controlled.
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The group also stole a Rolex watch worth around $50,000, a laptop, and a Trezor hardware wallet, along with 5,000 in euros and several thousand Israeli shekels in cash, according to the indictment. The stolen crypto was later routed through multiple wallets and centralised crypto exchanges, including HTX and Kyrrex, in an apparent attempt to obscure its origins.
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HTX did not immediately respond to DL News’ request for comments.
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Kyrrex told DL News it “has not received any official requests or inquiries from Israeli authorities regarding the incident in question. As such, we are not in a position to comment on unverified information.”
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The company representative said Kyrrex “maintains a strong commitment to regulatory compliance and actively cooperates with law enforcement and financial intelligence units in multiple jurisdictions whenever official requests are made.”
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Two days after the assault, Mahajneh allegedly phoned the victim again, demanding their private keys and warning that he would find his family if he contacted police: “We’re not leaving you,” he reportedly said.
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The State Prosecutor’s Office has charged Mahajneh with aggravated robbery, extortion, burglary, obstruction of justice, and making threats. His alleged accomplices remain at large.
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ARTICLE 3
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Source Calcalistech, DLnews, Yahoo
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URL (no URL recorded for this column)
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 255, column "Article 3"
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Length 2,883 chars
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Israeli Crypto Trader Stabbed, Robbed of $600K in Violent Home Invasion Indictment
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Tel Aviv indicts Murad Mahajna for $600K crypto robbery involving stabbing and hour-long home invasion as Chainalysis reports 35 global wrench attacks in July with France leading at ten kidnappings since January.
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The Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office filed an indictment this week against Murad Mahajna, 46, for a violent home invasion robbery that netted approximately $600,000 in crypto and luxury items from a Herzliya resident.
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The September 7 attack involved Mahajna and two accomplices who tied up the victim, stabbed him twice in the legs, and spent over an hour extracting digital wallet codes while threatening his family.
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Hour-Long Ordeal Nets $600K in Digital Assets and Valuables
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According to a local source, the attackers waited in the building’s stairwell at 8:10 a.m. before forcing their way into the apartment when the victim opened his door.
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Two accomplices wore black face masks while Mahajna remained unmasked, claiming to represent the Karaja family and initially demanding 500 Bitcoin worth approximately $55 million.
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When the victim refused to surrender his digital wallet credentials, one attacker retrieved a kitchen knife and held it to his neck.
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The assailants stabbed the victim twice after he continued resisting, once in each leg above the knee.
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Under threat and in pain, he surrendered codes allowing the robbers to transfer $547,260 in Bitcoin and approximately $42,248 in USDT.
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The group also stole a Rolex watch valued at around $50,000, a laptop, a Trezor crypto wallet, approximately $5,300 in euros, and several thousand shekels in cash.
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Before leaving, the attackers cleaned the apartment with disinfectant to obscure evidence and left the victim tied up, bleeding, and bruised.
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Mahajna threatened, “If the police are contacted, the family will be harmed.“
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Two days later, he allegedly called the victim again, demanding additional wallet codes and coins within 24 hours, warning, “wherever you took the wife and children, we will find them,” when refused.
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Repeat Offender Faces Multiple Charges After Victim Reports
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The victim initially remained too afraid to contact authorities but eventually told his family, who persuaded him to file a complaint.
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Police arrested Mahajna on September 10 after collecting evidence, including recorded phone calls, voice identification, technological data, and security camera footage. Mahajna also has 10 prior convictions for violent, drug, and weapons offenses.
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The indictment charges Mahajna with breaking and entering a residence, aggravated robbery, extortion by threats, obstruction of justice, and making threats. The defendant has denied the allegations against him. The case adds to Israel’s growing list of violent crypto-related crimes as criminals increasingly target visible cryptocurrency wealth.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [RAW EXTRACT — NOT YET TRIMMED]
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!! This is the whole page as extracted. It still contains site furniture,
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!! and may contain teaser headlines for UNRELATED cases. Trim on read-through.
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!! Do not quote from it without checking the passage belongs to this case.
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Source dlnews.com
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URL https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/violent-btc-theft-in-israel-linked-to-organised-crime/
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Violent $650,000 Bitcoin theft in Israel linked to organised crime: report - DL News
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This article is more than nine months old
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Violent $650,000 Bitcoin theft in Israel linked to organised crime: report
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Physical assaults on crypto investors have surged in 2025. Credit: Shutterstock / Pla2na
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HomeRegulationViolent $650,000 Bitcoin theft in Israel linked to organised crime: report
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A Tel Aviv man allegedly beat and stabbed a crypto holder to steal $650,000 in Bitcoin and other assets.
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The loot was laundered through centralised crypto exchanges HTX and Kyrrex, prosecutors say.
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It is one of Israel’s most violent crypto heists yet.
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An Israeli man has been charged on Wednesday with carrying out a violent crypto robbery in the Israeli city of Herzliya.
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Prosecutors in Tel Aviv have filed an indictment against Murad Mahajneh, 46, alleging that he and two unidentified accomplices broke into an apartment last month and assaulted its resident.
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The group stole roughly $650,000 worth of Bitcoin and Tether, along with a Rolex watch and cash, according to reporting from Israeli news outlet Ynet.
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“Such incidents remain rare in Israel, compared to countries like the United States and France, which consistently lead the global chart of crypto-related physical attacks,” Eyal Gruper, co-founder and CEO of Israel-based Bitcoin recovery company RITREK, told DL News.
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Gruper said the attack in Herzliya was the second documented physical attack on crypto holders in Israel.
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Physical assaults on crypto investors have surged in 2025, with a potential annual record if the trend continues.
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Bitcoin developer Jameson Lopp released a tracker of physical attacks against crypto holders, which shows how, over time, the attack vector has shifted from digital to physical, with victims ranging from small traders to high-profile entrepreneurs. Many incidents involve fake police, honey traps, or “wrench attacks” — a term for crimes where criminals threaten victims with physical harm to extract wallet keys.
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In one case in May, three Florida teenagers allegedly ambushed a crypto event attendee in Las Vegas, forced him into their vehicle at gunpoint, drove him more than 70 miles into the Arizona desert, and coerced him to hand over passwords and access to crypto wallets — reportedly stealing $4 million in cryptocurrencies and NFTs — before abandoning him to walk miles to safety.
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Several incidents occurred in France this year. In June, five people were charged over a crypto ransom abduction on New Year’s Eve, where the victim was beaten, doused in petrol, and locked in a car trunk.
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Mahajneh’s indictment, cited by Ynet, details how the attackers waited for the victim outside his home last month, forced their way inside, and tied him up.
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“We came to take the money, we’re from the Karaja family,” Mahajneh allegedly declared, apparently invoking the name of a known criminal network to intimidate the victim.
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The assailants demanded access to the man’s Bitcoin wallet, beat and stabbed him in the legs, and threatened to harm his family if he refused to cooperate, according to the indictment.
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Under duress, the victim revealed the password to his Exodus crypto wallet, allowing the attackers to transfer nearly 5 Bitcoin, worth about $610,000 in today’s price, and over 42,000 USDT into wallets they controlled.
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The group also stole a Rolex watch worth around $50,000, a laptop, and a Trezor hardware wallet, along with 5,000 in euros and several thousand Israeli shekels in cash, according to the indictment. The stolen crypto was later routed through multiple wallets and centralised crypto exchanges, including HTX and Kyrrex, in an apparent attempt to obscure its origins.
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HTX did not immediately respond to DL News’ request for comments.
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Kyrrex told DL News it “has not received any official requests or inquiries from Israeli authorities regarding the incident in question. As such, we are not in a position to comment on unverified information.”
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The company representative said Kyrrex “maintains a strong commitment to regulatory compliance and actively cooperates with law enforcement and financial intelligence units in multiple jurisdictions whenever official requests are made.”
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Two days after the assault, Mahajneh allegedly phoned the victim again, demanding their private keys and warning that he would find his family if he contacted police: “We’re not leaving you,” he reportedly said.
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The State Prosecutor’s Office has charged Mahajneh with aggravated robbery, extortion, burglary, obstruction of justice, and making threats. His alleged accomplices remain at large.
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Update, 8 October: Comments from Kyrrex have been added.
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Ekin Genç is DL News’ Editor-in-Chief. Got a tip? Email at ekin@dlnews.com.
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