Israel police arrest directors of popular Haredi website for suspected extortion

02.04.2012                      10.Nissan. 5772

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Israel police arrest directors of popular Haredi website for suspected extortion

Four of the news website's directors are accused of demanding huge sums in exchange for withholding damaging information.

"This is going to be one of the biggest extortion scandals in the history of Israel," a senior ultra-Orthodox figure told Haaretz Sunday, following the arrest of four directors of the popular Haredi website Behadrey Haredim.
Police placed a gag order forbidding publication of any details of the affair, but revealed that more arrests are expected….