A Financier Penned a Crime Novel. Prosecutors Want to Know How Much Was Fiction

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In real life, an Israeli private investigator named Amit Forlit is on supervised curfew in a posh north London neighborhood, facing extradition to the U.S. on federal hacking charges. Prosecutors are investigating whether Forlit orchestrated the theft of emails from Argentine officials while working on behalf of a big hedge fund that sued the South American country over defaulted debt.

https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/hacking-elliott-argentina-debt-ae0b8c45?st=zdUHiM&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

 

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And there you have it, open admission of foreign manipulation and interference in Argentine politics.

 

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And there you have it, open admission of foreign manipulation and interference in Argentine politics.

At least it is corporate espionage against a foreign state