Sextortion Case

A 26-year-old senior executive of a private bank, who is also the son of a police personnel, coughed up Rs 2.5 lakh after he was caught in sextortion, police said on Monday.

Sextortion is a significant social menace and such cases pose a serious challenge to law enforcement due to their cross-jurisdictional nature, the Delhi High Court has said while refusing to grant anticipatory bail to three accused.

With the national capital witnessing a sharp increase in cybercrime cases over the years, the Delhi Police has identified top five methods adopted by cyber criminals and cautioned people against them.

In a case of sextortion, a 75-year-old resident of Delhi's Vasant Kunj was cheated of Rs 7.34 lakh by a group of cybercriminals, one of whom posed as former Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana.

The Pune police have arrested a 29-year-old man from Rajasthan in connection with the "sextortion" case of a teen from the city, who allegedly died by suicide after he was harassed and blackmailed by online fraudsters.

43-year-old man from Chinchpokli in Mumbai has lost Rs 7.5 lakh allegedly in a 'sextortion' racket in which he was threatened with an abetment to suicide case, a police official said on Friday.

The Bihar Police is said to have ordered a crackdown on SIM cards procured through fake documents amidst a spurt in online sexual blackmailing cases. The police have asked telecom companies to book customers with SIM cards issued on fake documents.

The torrent of stories of sexual harassment and assault in the wake of claims about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein could help propel campaigns to make sextortion illegal, according to activists trying to change laws in the United States.

A 26-year-old senior executive of a private bank, who is also the son of a police personnel, coughed up Rs 2.5 lakh after he was caught in sextortion, police said on Monday.

Sextortion is a significant social menace and such cases pose a serious challenge to law enforcement due to their cross-jurisdictional nature, the Delhi High Court has said while refusing to grant anticipatory bail to three accused.

With the national capital witnessing a sharp increase in cybercrime cases over the years, the Delhi Police has identified top five methods adopted by cyber criminals and cautioned people against them.

In a case of sextortion, a 75-year-old resident of Delhi's Vasant Kunj was cheated of Rs 7.34 lakh by a group of cybercriminals, one of whom posed as former Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana.

The Pune police have arrested a 29-year-old man from Rajasthan in connection with the "sextortion" case of a teen from the city, who allegedly died by suicide after he was harassed and blackmailed by online fraudsters.

43-year-old man from Chinchpokli in Mumbai has lost Rs 7.5 lakh allegedly in a 'sextortion' racket in which he was threatened with an abetment to suicide case, a police official said on Friday.

The Bihar Police is said to have ordered a crackdown on SIM cards procured through fake documents amidst a spurt in online sexual blackmailing cases. The police have asked telecom companies to book customers with SIM cards issued on fake documents.

The torrent of stories of sexual harassment and assault in the wake of claims about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein could help propel campaigns to make sextortion illegal, according to activists trying to change laws in the United States.