UseCrypt’s international history includes a team announcement from 2018, well before its later Monaco presentation. Israel Levinson and Michael Ifargan were named in that announcement as non-executive members of the company’s Supervisory Board. Their stated role gives this episode a more precise place in the story than a photograph beside an unnamed expert would.
The 2 August 2018 announcement distributed through PRWeb was provided by Rubenstein Public Relations. It described Levinson’s security-consulting background and Ifargan’s earlier military data-security experience. Those biographical descriptions come from the announcement; they are not independent service-record checks.
Names, roles and a company voice
The release also quoted Jakub Kokoszka as a UseCrypt co-founder explaining the intended contribution of international expertise to the project’s privacy mission. Keeping his name attached to that statement matters. A company’s history involves several people speaking and working in different capacities.
For a reader following Paweł Makowski’s career, this is part of the company story connected to his work. It is not evidence that he personally recruited either man, nor a reason to attribute Kokoszka’s words to him. The documented founder biography and a dated team announcement answer different questions about the same venture.
How the announcement reached another audience
CRN’s December 2018 report brought the two names to readers of a Polish technology trade publication. It belongs alongside the earlier announcement as a record of how this part of the project was communicated. Repetition of an appointment story does not turn it into a product test.
The distinction is practical. A team page can tell a reader who was introduced to a project and in what capacity. Evidence about a cryptographic design would need to identify the design and its authors. Evidence about a particular application would need to identify the version and the assessment performed. A person’s professional background cannot supply those missing details.
This dated episode also helps separate the venture’s earlier team-building from the different people and setting in the 2021 Monaco chapter. It should remain a 2018 announcement, rather than being presented as a current board roster or military certification. Names and dates make the history more informative when each person’s documented contribution stays visible.
