http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/603309.html By Zvi Harel July 22, 2005 Nine private investigators being held on charges of industrial espionage in the Trojan horse affair will be held in custody until the end of the proceedings against them. Yesterday, Tel Aviv District Court Judge Edna Kaplan ordered that the nine men, private investigators who worked for three special investigator firms, be kept in custody while they face two separate charges connected to the Trojan horse affair, in which several companies and individuals are alleged to have infiltrated the computers of other companies through the use of spyware in order to obtain confidential information. Two of the investigators are being charged separately from the others. This is because the two, Alex Weinstein and Niv Chai, are expected to provide state witness against the other seven after their case is completed. The seven named together in the other set of charges are Eliezer Philosoff, Avraham Balali, Zvi Krochmal, Assaf Zlotobeski, Haim Zissman, Eyal Abramovitz and Roni Barhom. The charges relate to receipt of material through fraudulent means and under aggravated circumstances, infiltration of computers to commit other crimes, implanting a virus in the computers, illegal wiretapping, invasion of privacy and other offenses. In her ruling yesterday, Kaplan said that the decision to keep the nine in custody was not taken lightly. Despite their clean record and personal circumstances, she was concerned "about a danger and reasonable fear of tampering with the proceedings." _________________________________________ Attend the Black Hat Briefings and Training, Las Vegas July 23-28 - 2,000+ international security experts, 10 tracks, no vendor pitches. www.blackhat.com
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