LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Video and paperwork obtained by the 8 Information Now Investigators present what an Israeli authorities official allegedly stated to an FBI decoy that led to his arrest in a Las Vegas intercourse sting.
Tom Alexandrovich, 38, posted $10,000 bail on the Henderson Detention Middle on Aug. 7 and left the nation. In October, a grand jury voted to indict Alexandrovich on a cost of luring youngsters or mentally ailing individuals with using know-how with the intent to interact in sexual conduct.
Alexandrovich is an Israeli authorities official who was in Las Vegas for a cybersecurity occasion, the 8 Information Now Investigators confirmed after his arrest.
On Wednesday, Aug. 6, Alexandrovich allegedly chatted on-line with the FBI decoy posing as a 15-year-old lady about assembly for “sexual contact,” the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported, citing courtroom paperwork.
Tom Alexandrovich seems nearly in Henderson Justice Court docket on Sept. 3, 2025. (KLAS)
The dialog started on Pure, an software that describes itself because the “best dating app for open-minded people,” in keeping with paperwork. The app requires customers to be 18 and older.
Alexandrovich, who recognized himself within the chat as “Alex,” and the decoy then moved the dialog to WhatsApp, paperwork stated.
In the course of the chat, the decoy, who was truly an FBI agent, repeatedly stated she was along with her “dad” and that she was underage, paperwork stated.
“I’m only 15,” the decoy stated at one level, in keeping with grand jury transcripts.
On Wednesday, Aug. 6, Tom Alexandrovich allegedly chatted on-line with the FBI decoy posing as a 15-year-old lady about assembly for “sexual contact,” the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported, citing courtroom paperwork. (Clark County District Court docket/KLAS)
“I’m not allowed in over [sic] since I’m only 15,” she stated at one other time within the dialog.
Prosecutors allege Alexandrovich requested the decoy about assembly and mentioned attending a number of exhibits on the Las Vegas Strip. The decoy requested Alexandrovich to “bring condoms” with the settlement they might meet at Avellino Park in Henderson — a greater than 20-minute drive from the Las Vegas Strip.
Alexandrovich’s preliminary arrest report incorrectly indicated he arrived on the park in a rideshare.
“Get out of the car, get out of the car. Hands behind your back,” a police officer shouts at Alexandrovich as he sits in a parking zone in a rental automotive. The 40-minute-long body-camera clip exhibits police detaining Alexandrovich and driving him to the police station for questioning. No a part of the interview is captured on video.
Alexandrovich posted $10,000 bail shortly after his arrest. The method, known as “standard bail,” permits defendants to pay the charge and waive their proper to a possible trigger listening to, which the justice courtroom oversees. Alexandrovich didn’t seem earlier than a choose and posted bond earlier than his state-entitled possible trigger listening to and earlier than prosecutors filed a prison criticism towards him. Thus, no choose might put any added restrictions on his launch earlier than he left the nation. Whereas a choose later reviewed the bail, there was no bodily listening to and the choose had no mechanism so as to add additional restrictions.
Alexandrovich later appeared nearly in Henderson Justice Court docket for his preliminary arraignment. In that listening to, Henderson Justice Court docket Choose Barbara Schifalacqua ordered him to avoid minors and keep off functions or social media websites for relationship. Prosecutors didn’t ask Schifalacqua to extend bail, and she or he stored the quantity at $10,000.
Following the grand jury indictment, Alexandrovich’s case moved on to Clark County District Court docket, the place a brand new choose will oversee the case. That choose, Clark County District Court docket Choose Tina Talim, additionally ordered Alexandrovich to seem remotely, for now. A listening to was scheduled for Oct. 27.
Alexandrovich’s attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, beforehand stated their consumer has stayed in touch with them and has not violated any phrases of his preliminary launch and served each the Israeli and U.S. governments.
“Mr. Alexandrovich intends to contest the findings of the grand jury and continues to maintain his innocence,” the attorneys stated in an announcement Thursday.
Grand jury transcripts reveal Tom Alexandrovich felt “pushed” when the dialog turned to condoms. (KLAS)
Alexandrovich handed a polygraph examination, which included a query about having him not having “relations” with anybody underneath 19, Chesnoff beforehand stated. The attorneys stress the Pure software requires customers to be 18 and older, stating that the app additionally requires photograph verification.
Alexandrovich didn’t communicate throughout the September listening to, solely saying he understood the phrases Schifalacqua had positioned on him. The choose added that she solely has jurisdiction in the USA.
