By Kanishka Singh and Raphael Satter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Monday the American government played no role in the release of an Israeli official charged with soliciting sex electronically from a minor.

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was one of eight people charged last week following an undercover operation "targeting child sex predators," the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said in a statement issued last week.

Alexandrovich faces a felony charge of luring or attempting to lure a child or mentally ill person to commit a sex act "with use of computer technology," according to Nevada State court records reviewed by Reuters.

Israeli media said on Thursday Alexandrovich, who they described as a senior department head in Israel's National Cyber Directorate,was released by U.S. authorities and........

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