India, Aug. 20 -- An Indian caregiver has been presented a certificate of appreciation for "good citizenship" by Israel Police after she helped foil a con attempt targeting a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor in the Carmel area.

At a ceremony on Wednesday, Aug 19 at the Coastal District Police headquarters, investigators from the Haifa police station presented the certificate to Hira (Hiraben), who has been working as a nursing caregiver for the elderly woman, according to Walla News.

Despite having been in Israel for only a few months, Hiraben "demonstrated resourcefulness and courage" by calmly protecting the woman from an alleged con artist who arrived at her apartment disguised as a nurse from Clalit Health Services, the report said. ...