The Jerusalem police continue to investigate the robbery of a luxury car that belongs to Yoni Cohen, a businessman in the field of Bitcoin, real estate, and a TikTok influencer. The robbery ended with one of the suspects seriously injured after he ran over a policeman and was shot. According to the police, the suspects arrived at Yoni Cohen's house in the Holyland Park building complex in Jerusalem while dressed as Wolt couriers, tied him up for two hours, and escaped with his luxury car.
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"They came to my house in the morning dressed as Wolt delivery guys. At first, there was one but then came three more and joined him," says Cohen. "They confronted me and tied me up in the room with cable ties. They asked where the money and watches were, and asked me to go into my bank account and transfer money to their account. At the time, my wife and my 9-month-old daughter were at home, they also tied up my wife, the baby was left alone in the crib."
According to Cohen: "They were very frustrated that they didn't find anything. I told them: 'There is no money.' They found Rolex boxes and asked me where are they and I said they were not there. They took the keys to the Audi, went down to the parking lot, tried to get out and almost ran over the guard. Before they left the house, they kicked me into the bomb shelter. I managed to crawl to the door, reach the neighbor, and call the police."
Cohen often flaunts his lifestyle on social media, which includes driving luxury cars and owning luxury watches. "I think this has something to do with my posts on social networks, they were mainly looking for money," he said. "It seems strange to me that Wolt people would knock on the door, but I thought my wife had ordered food. For some reason, I opened the door, and this is what happened. I gave a detailed statement to the police for hours. I did not imagine that such a thing could happen. I was with my pregnant wife and the child at home, it was a lot of pressure."
After Cohen called the police, they located the luxury car near Sacher Park in Jerusalem. In an attempt by a police force to stop the vehicle, one of the suspects ran over a policeman, and the policeman fired shots at him which seriously injured the suspect. The policeman who was run over was slightly injured. The rest of the suspects were later found and arrested.