LAHORE, Aug 24 (APP):National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Lahore arrested a man from Rahim Yar Khan for allegedly blackmailing foreign women using their photographs and personal information, demanding money and threatening to share their pictures with family members and on social media. According to the NCCIA, the accused, identified as Muhammad Salman, allegedly possessed photographs and personal information of several women and used the material to contact and blackmail them for monetary gains. During …
NCCIA arrests man for blackmailing women using private photos
LAHORE, Aug 24 (APP):National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Lahore arrested a man from Rahim Yar Khan for allegedly blackmailing foreign women using their photographs and personal information, demanding money and threatening to share their pictures with family members and on social media.
According to the NCCIA, the accused, identified as Muhammad Salman, allegedly possessed photographs and personal information of several women and used the material to contact and blackmail them for monetary gains.
During the investigation, it emerged that the suspect had allegedly gained unauthorised access to the personal information and private data of women living in houses where he worked during his employment abroad. After returning to Pakistan, he allegedly used the information and photographs for blackmailing purposes.
The agency said the accused possessed fake and objectionable photographs of women and allegedly sent messages to them demanding money while threatening to circulate their pictures and personal information on social media platforms and share them with their relatives and other family members if they failed to pay.
A team of NCCIA Lahore arrested Muhammad Salman from Rahim Yar Khan and recovered a mobile phone and SIM card from his possession.
A case has been registered against the accused and further investigation was underway.
NCCIA Punjab Director Muhammad Ali Wasim said indiscriminate action would continue against elements involved in cyber blackmailing, harassment of women and the misuse of fake photographs and private information.
