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Philippines makes arrests in online extortion ring

22
Aug
2014

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police have arrested eight suspected members of an online extortion ring accused of blackmailing over 1,000 Hong Kong and Singapore residents after luring them into exposing themselves in front of webcams.

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Police break up global webcam ‘sextortion’ ring

02
May
2014

Nearly 60 people have been arrested in the Philippines on charges of operating an international sextortion network. As the Associated Press reports, Filipino police say the suspects targeted hundreds of people in online chat rooms, luring them into having cybersex and exposing themselves on webcams. The network was dismantled after an investigation launched by Philippine police, […]

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Interpol, Philippines bust cyber extortion network

02
May
2014

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police, backed by Interpol, said Friday that they had arrested dozens of suspected members of an online extortion syndicate who duped victims worldwide into exposing themselves in front of webcams, including a Scottish teenager who committed suicide after being blackmailed last year.

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