Investigators tracked down the distributors of the content during a covert police investigation over the past few weeks.
The suspects, aged 17 to 30, appeared before Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court for a remand hearing Wednesday. Yana Gross a year-old resident of Rishon Lezion, discovered that she had been filmed without clothes in a changing room of a store and that the footage was distributed among the thousands of members of a Telegram group. The owner of the store and I filed a complaint with the police. Gross said it is important to send the message that women need to complain in order to stop this kind of violation from happening again.
Yana Gross. Nofar Kaminsky, 21, started getting phone calls from anonymous men about six months ago, and she realized that her phone number had been distributed in various groups. It's a comfort to know that the police have arrested them. Nofar Kaminsky. At first, I had no idea what it had to do with me, but then a girl wrote to me on Instagram that there were naked photos of a woman with a link to my Instagram being shared across groups along with my phone number.
A spokesperson for Israel Police said: "The photos were shared in private groups with thousands of users. The police have begun a covert and through investigation, and will continue to try to protect the victims, adults and minors, online and elsewhere. All rights reserved. Breaking News. The suspects aged 17 to 30 are accused of distributing images in Telegram groups with thousands of members; one woman discovered video of her half-naked in clothing store changing room was shared online - 'I feel like a joke,' she says.
Israel Police officers across the country on Wednesday raided the homes of 12 youths and young men suspected of distributing nude photos and videos of hundreds of women on secure groups in the Telegram massaging app.
