Early attempts to raise funds through criminal activities, including a bank robbery in Tel Aviv in 1940 and another robbery on 9 January 1942 in which Jewish passers-by were killed, brought about the temporary collapse of the group.
早期通过犯罪行为筹集经费的举措，譬如1940年在特拉维夫发动的一起银行抢劫，和1942年1月9日曾导致犹太人路人被害的另一起抢劫，都曾使组织暂时崩溃。