Ashkelon Man Pretending to be Sofer Busted Selling Printed Mezuzahs

As part of a proactive operation by the Crime Fighting Unit at the Ashkelon police station, police arrested a resident of Samaria on suspicion of forging sacred Jewish texts.

The suspect, age 56, presented himself as a certified scribe (sofer stam), but allegedly sold invalid mezuzahs produced using a home printer.

During a covert investigation, detectives carried out a controlled purchase of dozens of mezuzahs. When the suspect arrived to deliver the order, he was arrested on the spot and taken for questioning. Police later released the suspect under restrictive conditions.

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