By PTI
NEW DELHI: The CBI has busted a racket of “sextortionists”, arresting one who allegedly blackmailed an economics professor at California University into shelling out USD 48,000 threatening him with making public his sexually express video chats with a feminine gang member, officers stated.
Based on info acquired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US, CBI arrested Rahul Kumar, a resident of Delhi’s Asola, whereas the seek for his purported girlfriend who lured the professor into sending express movies on Facebook chat is happening, they stated.
The woman, who was chatting by way of Facebook, had befriended the economics professor of a distinguished college on social media service chat platform, they stated.
In conspiracy along with her purported accomplice Rahul Kumar, she diverted conversations in the direction of sexual connotations, finally asking the professor to file and ship his sexually express video on September 10, 2021, they stated.
Once a video was acquired, she advised the professor that her boyfriend Rahul had recorded the video, they stated.
The duo began blackmailing the US-based professor with threats to make ship the video to authorities within the college and a few distinguished US-based journalists, they stated.
“Rahul, using his accounts [email protected] and [email protected], started sending extortionist threats related to the sexually explicit video chat to the professor demanding money and other valuable things from him for deleting the video and directed him to make the monetary payments to his PayPal account,” the CBI FIR has alleged.
The alleged blackmail went on for over a yr, throughout which repeated cash transfers came about within the Paypal account of Rahul, as directed by him.
Over USD 48,000 (roughly Rs 38 lakh) was acquired from the sufferer, they stated.
Kumar later requested the professor for expensive presents similar to Apple iPhone chargers and headsets, following which the professor filed a criticism with the US Department of Justice, which handed over the matter to the FBI, they stated.
The FBI acquired in contact with the CBI the place International Operation Division registered a case, tracked the particular person and arrested Rahul whereas the seek for his purported girlfriend is happening, they stated.
“A case was registered by International Operation Division of CBI against a private person resident of New Delhi & Others on certain allegations including sextortion of a Professor at a prominent University in the USA on the inputs received from the USA,” CBI stated in an announcement.
NEW DELHI: The CBI has busted a racket of “sextortionists”, arresting one who allegedly blackmailed an economics professor at California University into shelling out USD 48,000 threatening him with making public his sexually express video chats with a feminine gang member, officers stated.
Based on info acquired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the US, CBI arrested Rahul Kumar, a resident of Delhi’s Asola, whereas the seek for his purported girlfriend who lured the professor into sending express movies on Facebook chat is happening, they stated.
The woman, who was chatting by way of Facebook, had befriended the economics professor of a distinguished college on social media service chat platform, they stated.
In conspiracy along with her purported accomplice Rahul Kumar, she diverted conversations in the direction of sexual connotations, finally asking the professor to file and ship his sexually express video on September 10, 2021, they stated.
Once a video was acquired, she advised the professor that her boyfriend Rahul had recorded the video, they stated.
The duo began blackmailing the US-based professor with threats to make ship the video to authorities within the college and a few distinguished US-based journalists, they stated.
“Rahul, using his accounts [email protected] and [email protected], started sending extortionist threats related to the sexually explicit video chat to the professor demanding money and other valuable things from him for deleting the video and directed him to make the monetary payments to his PayPal account,” the CBI FIR has alleged.
The alleged blackmail went on for over a yr, throughout which repeated cash transfers came about within the Paypal account of Rahul, as directed by him.
Over USD 48,000 (roughly Rs 38 lakh) was acquired from the sufferer, they stated.
Kumar later requested the professor for expensive presents similar to Apple iPhone chargers and headsets, following which the professor filed a criticism with the US Department of Justice, which handed over the matter to the FBI, they stated.
The FBI acquired in contact with the CBI the place International Operation Division registered a case, tracked the particular person and arrested Rahul whereas the seek for his purported girlfriend is happening, they stated.
“A case was registered by International Operation Division of CBI against a private person resident of New Delhi & Others on certain allegations including sextortion of a Professor at a prominent University in the USA on the inputs received from the USA,” CBI stated in an announcement.