Was an Israeli pedophile really allowed to flee the United States?

The always intelligent and well-informed people of the internet have recently started clamoring for me to address a scandalizing new incident: an Israeli government official, it is said, was arrested in Nevada for child-sex crimes, and then, shockingly, allowed to flee the United States and return to Israel. This incident, I gather, is supposed to show how wrong I am about Jeffrey Epstein. Whatever logic leads my excitable commenters to confidently conclude that the Nevada incident somehow proves me wrong about Epstein is not readily apparent, but it seems to have something to do with Israel. I had only vaguely heard of this incident before today, so I figured I’d at least spend an hour or two looking into it — if only to demonstrate that I’m not suspiciously reluctant to address whatever information people think proves me wrong about Epstein.

The incident stemmed from a “joint operation” conducted by something called the “Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force,” which included “detectives and agents” from the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the North Las Vegas Police Department, the Henderson Police Department, and the Nevada Attorney General’s office. According to a press release, this “undercover operation” has resulted in “eight child sex predators” being arrested as of August 15, 2025. One of the arrested individuals was Tom Alexandrovich, 38, an Israeli national who indeed appears to have worked for an Israeli government entity called the “National Cyber Directorate.” According to a “Declaration of Arrest” produced by the Henderson Police Department, Alexandrovich was taken into custody on August 6, 2025. He had reportedly been in Las Vegas to attend “Black Hat USA,” an annual conference frequented by “cybersecurity professionals.”

So, what exactly is Tom Alexandrovich accused of doing? According to the arrest report, he’d been staying at the Conrad Hotel, a few miles from the conference venue. Over the course of his stay, it is alleged that he used an app called “Pure” — evidently some sort of hookup app. If you go and look at the Terms of Service for this app, it says over and over again that no minors are allowed, and users must be at least 18 years old:

Anyone who has not attained the age of at least 18 years old is expressly prohibited from using the app:

There is even what appears to be a rigorous age verification process to ensure that “no minor gains access” to the app. “Government-issued documents” must be submitted to ensure that only persons at least 18 years old are allowed on the app:

Nonetheless, some highly resourceful law enforcement agents decided to dispatch an “Online Covert Employee” (OCE) to join the “Pure” app, and allegedly pose as “a 15-year-old juvenile.” This would have presumably violated the app’s Terms of Service, if the OCE had openly identified their age as 15. Were forged government documents used to circumvent the age-verification procedure? Or did the app’s operators collaborate with police? This is not clarified one way or another.

The report says Alexandrovich “was found to have engaged in conversation” with the undercover “decoy,” and this “conversation turned sexual in nature.” It is not specified who initiated the “conversation.” It is not specified why the conversation turning “sexual in nature” would be an unexpected or unforeseen development, seeing as the conversation took place on a nominally adults-only sexual hookup app. Nowhere in the report is it alleged that the “decoy” ever specifically communicated to Alexandrovich that “she” was supposedly 15 years old. Nowhere is it clarified what the actual age of this presumably female “decoy” was. In past stings, “decoy juveniles” have tended to be young adults.

In an interview with a Homeland Security Investigator and FBI Special Agent, Alexandrovich reportedly stated that “he agreed to go to dinner and a show with a date” and “he believed the girl was 18 years old,” as “that was the age listed on the Pure application.” No evidence is cited to show that the girl’s listed age was 15 years old, and no explanation is given for how a supposed 15 year old would’ve been permitted on the app without violating the Terms of Service. Certainly, no intelligible explanation is given for how this bizarre sting operation is supposed to have contributed to the “Security” of the “Homeland.”

When he arrived for his planned meeting with the “decoy” female, Alexandrovich was intercepted by a police officer and arrested. He was then charged with a felony, described as “LURE/ATT TO LURE CHILD/MENTALLY ILL PERS W/USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL CONDUCT.” He posted a $10,000 bond.

Other men caught up in the same sting, and charged with the same crime, were similarly permitted to post a $10,000 bond.

Alexandrovich then flew back to Israel. He is required back in court in Nevada on August 27. Is it possible that the Israeli consulate provided assistance to Alexandrovich? Sure. It is possible.

However, possibly more significant is that there was no child sex-crime victim. The alleged “luring” of a “child” took place on an adults-only hookup app. And no evidence is cited that Alexandrovich was ever even told that the “juvenile decoy” was purportedly 15 years old.

If you want to be outraged by something, might I suggest being outraged that taxpayer resources are being squandered on this garbage.

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