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Israeli Bomb Hoax Teen Made Millions in Bitcoin on the Dark Web

A Jewish teenager with both American and Israeli citizenship was apprehended last month by Israeli authorities in Marc in Ashkelon, a coastal city in the south of Israel. Some reports identify him as Michael Kaydar, a 19-year-old who is accused of making over 100 hoax bomb threat calls to Jewish Community Centers and Jewish day schools across 33 states since January. He is also suspected of making similar threats to locations in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/israeli-bomb-hoax-teen-bitcoin-on-dark-web/

"The teenager’s lawyer has claimed that the teenager suffers from severe medical problems, referencing the suspect’s benign brain tumors in the past."

I LOL reading the defense lawyer argument here. What has brain tumour has to do with his client making criminal activities? I think the lawyer will get doctors to testify that his client medical history push him to do this. But I doubt it will be enough to get his client out of the waters. As I read the articles, it looks like the kid is a career criminal. At 19, he has a long history of crimes, and I doubt even without bitcoin technology at his disposal, he will still find a way to make a crimes.

Maybe they had to cut away part of his brain along with the tumors. Just something that came to my mind, ultimately I agree with you that the explanation is stupid. I think they won't shorten his sentence just because he had brain tumors in the past. Next time I steal from someone and get caught I'll claim it's because I'm mentally ill and can't control myself.

Does it take so long to trace a hoax bomb threat call? I wonder how he managed to make 100, in this day of information ubiquity. Even though the teenager was using a combination of Google Voice and SpoofCard, the authorities should have been able to track him down quickly.