The UK-based Israeli couple at the centre of a Trojan
horse industrial espionage scandal in Israel have been
jailed.
After a previously reported plea bargain that was accepted, Ruth
Haephrati was sentenced to four years in prison, and her husband
Michael was jailed for two years.
Ruth is said to have sold the Trojan horse spying virus to
private investigators, who then used it to steal information on
major Israeli companies on behalf of their clients.
Husband Michael is said to have written the virus, initially to
be used against members of his ex-wife’s family.
The couple were arrested at their London home last year and
extradited to Israel at the beginning of this year.
The pair will also pay the victims of their virus £250,000 in
compensation, as part of the plea bargain.
Israeli authorities have already indicted others allegedly
connected to the scandal.
