Israel-born Nevada US Atty Drops Gun Charge Against Israeli National Involved in Las Vegas Biolab

An Israel-born federal prosecutor has dropped a gun charge against an Israeli citizen in the United States on a nonimmigrant visa and who was linked to an illegal biolab in Las Vegas.

First U.S. Attorney in Nevada Sigal Chattah’s office did not tell local media why her office dropped the charge against Israeli Ori Solomon.

For his part, Solomon still faces a state charge of improper disposal of hazardous waste from a biolab in a home for which he was the property manager. That lab, in turn, is linked to a Chinese national, Jia Bei Zhu, now in prison for illegally running a biolab in California. Zhu had close ties to China’s Communist Party.

This is the second case in which an Israeli has escaped justice and in which Chattah was involved. The other involved Israeli cybersecurity official Tom Alexandrovich, who was nailed in a child sex-sting case. He was freed on bond and fled to Israel.

Gun Charge Dropped

Cops and the FBI raided the biolab in February, and KTNV, the city’s NBC affiliate, citing law enforcement officials, reported in March that samples taken from the lab “are consistent with components used to develop medical diagnostic test kits.” Components recovered included those found in flu vaccines and aging flu samples that were not a public health threat.

Solomon was charged with one count of illegal possession of a firearm and disposing of hazardous waste. But he didn’t have just “a firearm.” He had an arsenal, the federal criminal complaint says, which is illegal for a foreigner.

“Knowing that he was an alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa,” Solomon “knowingly possessed the firearms below, which were in and affecting interstate commerce, all in violation of” federal law, the complaint alleged:

a. a Springfield Armory SA-XD ACP 45 caliber …;

b. a Savage Mark II .22 caliber rifle …;

c. a Euroarms Brescia-Italy .36 Navy …;

d. a Springfield Armory XD-9 9mm Handgun …;

e. a IWI US Tavor-x95 5.56 …; and,

f. a Glock 19 9mm Handgun.

But what would seem to be an open-and-shut case apparently wasn’t.

In a filing signed by Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, DOJ dismissed the case on May 11.

“After a careful review of the evidence and additional information provided by defendant, the Government has concluded that the interests of justice require dismissal of the complaint at this time,” KTNV reported, quoting the motion:

No further reason is included, and a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Nevada declined to comment.

Biolab

As for the home in which the suspect materials were found, “an LLC tied to the home’s county records matches the name of a company that is part of an ongoing federal case in California involving a biological laboratory there,” CBS8 News Now reported at the time:

In that case, a Chinese citizen, David He, faces federal charges for allegedly manufacturing and distributing misbranded medical devices, according to federal prosecutors.

Early this month, a federal jury found He — real name Jia Bei Zhu — guilty on 12 counts of “fraudulently selling more than a million COVID tests for nearly $4 million through his Fresno-based company Universal Meditech Inc. (UMI), to customers across the United States and of lying to the FDA about his identity and role with UMI,” DOJ reported.

Zhu was tightly linked to China’s Communist Party.

Israeli Sex-sting Defendant Fled to Israel

The other case in which Chattah was involved is that of the Israeli cybersecurity official Alexandrovich. Las Vegas cops arrested him in a sex sting, during which, they allege, he attempted to arrange a meeting with a 15-year-old girl. He agreed to “take her on a date to a Strip show and bring a condom,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, citing a police report.

Arrested in August 2025, Alexandrovich was no small fry. The Jerusalem Post called him a “senior official at the Cyber Directorate in the Prime Minister’s Office.” On August 18, Chattah wrote that Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson’s office would handle the prosecution. A foreigner who solicits a minor for sex breaks 18 U.S. Code 2422.  Strangely, Chattah didn’t charge him federally.

Though Chattah declined to prosecute Alexandrovich, after he was released on a $10,000 bond, skipped an arraignment, and fled to Israel, she accused local officials of mishandling the case. 

“A liberal district attorney and state court judge in Nevada FAILED TO REQUIRE AN ALLEGED CHILD MOLESTER TO SURRENDER HIS PASSPORT, which allowed him to flee our country,” Chattah wrote on X:

The Attorney General @AGPamBondi just called me outraged and she also called the @FBIDirectorKash. The individual who fled our country should have had his passport seized by the state authorities. He must be returned immediately to face justice.

But that district attorney, Steve Wolfson, told the Review-Journal that Chattah “was very, very pleased that we were handling the case, because she said that she had no interest in handling it.” He told the newspaper that Alexandrovich posted standard bail and did not appear before a judge.

Chattah’s post was “a rant with false claims,” he told the newspaper.

A judge refused to dismiss the case, and has ordered Alexandrovich to appear for hearings via Zoom, given that he fled to Israel at the first chance, the Post reported. He pleaded not guilty in October.