TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police arrested a 39-year-old woman here on Saturday afternoon, June 21, for allegedly blackmailing and extorting from a man using explicit photos and videos. The Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit 2 identified the suspect as Yana. Yana is facing charges for violating...
GENERAL NAKAR, Quezon – Police arrested a 19-year-old man for extorting money from an 18-year-old woman in exchange for not releasing her alleged sex videos here on Tuesday, May 20. Investigation said the suspect Jade demanded P5,000 from the victim Neca through messaging in exchange for not...
CAMP Gen. Francisco Macabulos, Tarlac City, Tarlac – A 34-year-old man was arrested for alleged sextortion in an entrapment operation here on Wednesday, Feb. 19. POLICE nab a 34-year-old man for alleged sextortion in Tarlac City. (FB) Investigation said the suspect was in a dating...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A 39-year-old man was arrested here on Sunday night, Feb. 16, for threatening to spread the intimate photos of his ex-girlfriend on social media. The suspect was identified as Vladymar, single, of Catanauan, Quezon. Police said that the suspect was apprehended in an...
The Anti-Cybercrime Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) advised the public, particularly women, to refrain from recording intimate moments with partners amid the increase in the number of extortion activities relating to them. Police Col. Jay Guillermo, head of the PNP-ACG Cyber...
TANAUAN CITY, Batangas – Police arrested a woman here on April 2 for allegedly threatening to release the sex video of her boyfriend with his ex-girlfriend on social media. The 20-year-old victim from Tanza, Cavite has filed an extortion complaint against the suspect, a resident of this...
Here’s why you should properly close your social media and messaging apps, and secure your smart phones properly—better yet, do not store sensitive photos in your smartphones. The nude photos of a female minor were accidentally sent to a chat group in Messenger that was accidentally created by...
CEBU CITY – A 27-year-old man from Minglanilla town, southern Cebu was arrested after he allegedly threatened to spread the nude photos of her ex-girlfriend. The man also threatened to spread their lewd videos if the woman refused to have sex with him, police said. The suspect, Karl Angelou...
A woman was arrested by the Makati City Police for sextortion after blackmailing a man whom she met on social media that she would not release his sensitive photos and videos to the public in exchange for money in a hotel in Poblacion, Makati. The police identified the suspect as Anna Marie Nucom,...
WASHINGTON, United States — US justice officials warned Monday that there was an "explosion" of incidents in which children were extorted for money after being persuaded to provide explicit images of themselves. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said US law enforcement received more than...
An operative of the Intelligence Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) is now facing dismissal from the service after he was arrested for allegedly blackmailing his former girlfriend using her private photos. Patrolman Julius Ramos, 29, assigned to the Service Support Division, Intelligence...
CAMP BRIG. GEN. OSCAR M FLORENDO – Joint operatives of the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit (RACU) 1, RACU 4A, Basista Municipal Police Station, and Pangasinan Provincial Police arrested a woman caught in the act of getting money she received from an alleged extortion. Brig. Gen. Emmanuel B....
