Authorities arrested four people in Israel and Florida, andrevealed a complex securities fraud scheme tied to the computerhacks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other financialinstitutions.

Behind the alleged crimes described Tuesday is a remarkablestory of unpredictable alliances in modern computer crimeinvolving, if true, a multilayered organization with tentaclesreaching Moscow, Tel Aviv, and West Palm Beach.

Officials in Israel this morning picked up two men charged inthe U.S. with running a multimillion-dollar stock manipulationscheme. A third person remains at large. In another case inFlorida, officials arrested two men for operating an unlicensedmoney-transfer business using bitcoins.

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