Justice Minister Yariv Levin has signed an order to extradite Alexander Blok, 49, to the United States, where he is wanted on charges involving fraud, computer crime, transferring stolen property and money laundering.

Israel’s Supreme Court extended the validity of the ruling declaring Blok extraditable until November 7 to allow authorities to arrange his transfer. The extension was granted at the request of the State Attorney’s Office’s international department, despite opposition from his defense team.

According to the extradition request submitted in December 2024, Blok exploited a vulnerability in the Nomad cryptocurrency bridge platform in August 2022 and took digital currency valued at more than $2.8 million. Prosecutors say steps were subsequently taken to conceal the origin of the funds.

The broader breach resulted in approximately $190 million being stolen after other individuals copied the method. Blok is accused of taking only a portion of that total.

Blok, a Russian-Israeli citizen born in Germany, was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport in April 2025 after changing his name in Israel’s population registry and attempting to board a flight to Moscow.

He had claimed that he previously lived aboard a fishing vessel off the African coast.

The Yerushalayim District Court declared him extraditable in July 2025. The Supreme Court unanimously rejected his appeal in March 2026, and Supreme Court President Yitzchak Amit denied his request for an additional hearing in August.

With Levin’s signature on the extradition order, authorities are now preparing to hand Blok over to U.S. law enforcement.

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