Indonesia: Posing as a cop, drug convict allegedly blackmails women in sextortion scam


In total, the police said the IP had collected more than Rp19 million from blackmailing three different women with similar methods. - The Jakarta Post/Asian News Network

JAKARTA, Aug 29 (The Jakarta Post/ANN): A man identified as 26-year-old IP allegedly posed as a policeman and blackmailed three women, threatening to distribute their sex video that he secretly recorded.

East Jakarta Police chief Comr. Arie Ardian said IP was already a drug convict serving his sentence in Bagansiapiapi prison in Rokan Hilir regency, Riau.

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