Israeli Police Arrest 5 Suspects Over Alleged Illegal Crypto Trading Operation

November 13 — According to The Jerusalem Post, Israeli police arrested 5 suspects on November 10 on suspicion of running an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange business through WhatsApp groups, failing to report transactions to tax authorities, and disguising crypto trading proceeds as loans to transfer them into bank accounts. Police estimate the scale of the activity under investigation at about 16 million new shekels, and the case remains under investigation.