Israel extradites Nomad exploit suspect after rejecting 'code is law' defense

Israel handed Alexander Block to U.S. prosecutors on Thursday to face charges over a $2.8 million exploit of the Nomad crypto bridge. The extradition was processed after Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that taking advantage of a software flaw can be criminal even when the code permits it and blocked any further appeals on the case. Why was Alexander Block extradited to the U.S.? Alexander Block, an Israeli-Russian citizen who previously went by Alexander Gurevich, has been handed over to U.S. prosecutors to face charges regarding a $2.8 million exploit of the Nomad crypto bridge. Block argued before Israeli judges that despite the fact that he exploited a flaw, everything he did used functions Nomad’s automated system allowed.

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