Prof Shamir arrested

[Jim Byrd]

At 02:56 PM 10/21/96 +0100, Tom Womack <thomas.womack at merton.oxford.ac.uk>
wrote:
>
>A few column inches in the British Independent had Prof Avi Shamir (who I 
>guess is the S in RSA) arrested in Israel, on (I believe) suspicion of 
>involvement in a substantial fraud.

The S in RSA is Adi Shamir.  Do you know if this is the same person? Do you
have any more details?