Israeli government official charged with soliciting 15-year-old girl in Las Vegas

Police say Tom Artiom Alexandrovich brought condom and thought he was meeting teenager for ‘sexual contact’

An Israeli government official charged with soliciting a minor believed he was meeting a 15-year-old girl for “sexual contact”, according to police – and brought a condom to the planned rendezvous in Las Vegas.

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a division head at the Israel National Cyber Directorate, was arrested in a police sting operation aimed at online users seeking to sexually prey on children. The Las Vegas outlet 8NewsNow reported that Alexandrovich chatted with an officer posing as a teenager online before being arrested.