Israel Extradites Nomad Suspect After Supreme Court Rejected His Code-Bug Defense

Israel handed Alexander Block , who went by Alexander Gurevich until 2025, to U.S. authorities early Thursday, the State Attorney’s Office said . The U.S. accuses him of exploiting a flaw in the Nomad crypto bridge in August 2022 to take more than $2.8 million in tokens. He was arrested in May 2025 at Ben-Gurion Airport, where he was about to board a flight to Russia, having recently changed his surname and obtained a passport under it. The Jerusalem District Court found him extraditable that July, and a Supreme Court panel upheld the ruling on March 8, 2026. Isaac Amit, the court’s president, later turned down his bid for another hearing, the State Attorney’s Office said. Get Unchained’s crypto news in your inbox with the free Unchained Daily newsletter .

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