Suspect had advertised on social media for ‘part-time girlfriend’ job that would pay thousands of dollars. 17-year-old sent personal details and intimate photographs in response and was told they would be made public if she didn’t sleep with man. — SCMP
A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of blackmailing a 17-year-old girl into having sex with him after advertising for “a part-time girlfriend” online.
Police said the secondary school student had received a message via the encrypted messaging service Telegram, offering her a job that could earn thousands of Hong Kong dollars in an hour or two.
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