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Elusive Australian-Israeli tech figure named in Mueller’s Trump probe

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Published: 7 June 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Joel Zamel, reported to have studied engineering in Sydney, is behind Israeli tech companies believed to have done intelligence for Trump’s 2016 campaign

Israeli firm under FBI scrutiny in Trump probe allegedly targeted BDS activists (Times of Israel)
Psy-Group, a mysterious Israeli company that is reportedly being investigated by the FBI in connection with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged illegal interference in the 2016 US presidential election, was also involved in covert anti-BDS efforts, according to a lawsuit against the company and multiple sources who spoke to The Times of Israel

Who is Joel Zamel, the Australian-Israeli linked to Mueller’s Trump probe? (Haaretz)
The Israeli social media expert, allegedly linked to the Trump campaign through an online manipulation campaign, founded several companies, including one offering 'honey traps' and 'deep web' capabilities

Inside the mysterious intelligence firm now in Mueller’s sights (Daily Beast)
In the fall of 2016, Donald Trump Jr. and other key aides to the future president reportedly met in Trump Tower with Joel Zamel, the founder of a company called Wikistrat, which bills itself as a ‘crowdsourced’ analysis agency based in Washington. But interviews with current and former employees and documents tell a very different story

Photo: A screenshot of the lead image of the promotional brochure for Psygroup, owned by Joel Zamel (Psygroup)
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