A senior Israeli government official accused of trying to lure a minor for illicit contact is back in his home country after being arrested in Nevada and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t here for it.
Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a department head in Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, was taken into custody during a multi-agency sting targeting alleged child predators in Las Vegas.
According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, Alexandrovich allegedly used the dating app Pure to communicate with someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl.
The decoy, set up as part of an undercover investigation, reported that Alexandrovich invited her to a Cirque du Soleil show and mentioned bringing a condom.
Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, the Acting Head of Data & AI at Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, was arrested in Nevada in a federal child predation sting operation, but escaped the law by returning to Israel.
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Authorities booked him at the Henderson Detention Center on a felony charge of attempting to lure a child, or a vulnerable individual, into illicit activity through computer technology.
Court records show a $10,000 bond was posted on August 7, and Alexandrovich was released. He is scheduled to return for a court hearing on August 27, but has since left the country.
The release infuriated Greene, who said the case was airtight and blasted the State Department for allowing Alexandrovich to leave the country.
“When and how did America become so subservient to Israel that we immediately release a CHILD S*X PREDATOR after arrest, with a 100% locked up case with evidence, and let him off to fly back home to Israel??” Greene posted on X.
The Georgia Republican demanded the Trump administration push for Alexandrovich’s return and called for the “full extent of the law” to be applied.
The State Department quickly denied it played any role in Alexandrovich’s release. Officials insisted the decision was made by a state judge and that no claim of diplomatic immunity was involved.
“Any claims that the U.S. government intervened are false,” the agency said on X.
But Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson countered that Alexandrovich never saw a judge. Instead, Wolfson explained, the Israeli official simply posted bail and waived his initial court appearance, a standard process in Nevada.
“There was no court involvement. There was no prosecution involvement,” Wolfson told 8NewsNow. “This is the normal practice. It is very standard in this community and many communities across the country.”
MTG: “We don’t go to Heaven by how much money we pay Israel and how many of Israel’s wars we fight, and how many people are murdered as a result of it, and how many children are starved, and how many innocent people, whether Palestinian Christians or children, are blown to pieces… pic.twitter.com/EV5kNe5pqR
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Interim U.S. Attorney for Nevada Sigal Chattah disagreed, saying authorities should have gone further to prevent Alexandrovich from leaving.
“The individual who fled our country should have had his passport seized by the state authorities,” Chattah said. “He must be returned immediately to face justice.”
Despite that, Alexandrovich has already made it back to Israel. Israeli media downplayed the matter, describing him only as a “state employee” questioned by U.S. authorities who “returned to Israel as scheduled.”
The arrest was part of a larger Internet Crimes Against Children operation that involved several agencies, including the FBI, Homeland Security, the Henderson Police Department, and the North Las Vegas Police.
“This important multi-agency operation targeted child s*x predators who preyed upon the most vulnerable members of our communities,” the DA’s office said in a statement.
While blasting Alexandrovich’s release, Greene also tied the controversy to U.S. visa policies for Palestinians.
The State Department recently halted visitor visas for individuals from Gaza, including children seeking temporary entry for medical treatment.
Greene argued that America should prioritize compassion for injured children while refusing leniency for foreign officials accused of predatory crimes.
“We need to be the America that allows war torn children to come here for life-saving surgeries and the America that never releases a foreign child sex predator that our great LEO’s caught,” she wrote on X.
Two recent decisions made by the State Department both involve children.
We need to be the America that allows war torn children to come here for life saving surgeries and the America that never releases a foreign child sex predator that our great LEO’s caught.
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— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) August 19, 2025
The congresswoman questioned whether Israel would receive preferential treatment, suggesting that Palestinian children are being denied care while an Israeli government worker escaped prosecution.
“Would it be antisemitic to drag Netanyahu’s Cyber Executive Director back and prosecute this pos to the full extent of the law and at the same time let Palestinian kids who had their limbs and bodies blown apart receive surgeries in America?” Greene asked.
Greene, who has recently sharpened her criticism of Israel and the administration’s handling of Gaza, continued hammering the point.
“I’m not saying bring in refugees or use tax payer dollars, not at all, but when did America’s heart grow so cold to refuse innocent children privately funded surgeries and then they return home after they recover?” she said Tuesday.
She suggested that children from any country, including Israel, would normally be granted entry for such humanitarian reasons.
“I know God does not discriminate in his love for children. Why would we?” Greene wrote.
Anne Sacoolas MTG Anne Sacoolas. Killed a young U.K. resident and fled back to the USA. We have refused to extradite her back to the U.K. despite them charging her. It is easy to pick and chose your martyrs but it is much harder to be fair with everyone.