Cases of women blackmailing victims after cybersex on the rise
August 24, 2013 - 1:09am
By: Rennie Whang
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The first six months of this year saw a rise in attempted extortion and extortion cases.
A majority of the cases - which rose from 44 to 54 cases - were instances of cyber-extortion.
The cases usually involve female suspects who try to extort money by threatening to post compromising photos or videos of victims, mostly males, after an a cybersex session over a web camera, police said.
But overall crime has fallen in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year.
