By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: The CBI has busted a racket of “sextortionists”, arresting one that allegedly blackmailed an economics professor at California College into meting out USD 48,000 threatening him with making public his sexually particular video chats with a feminine gang member, officers stated.
According to data gained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the USA, CBI arrested Rahul Kumar, a resident of Delhi’s Asola, whilst the seek for his purported female friend who lured the professor into sending particular movies on Fb chat is occurring, they stated.
The lady, who was once chatting thru Fb, had befriended the economics professor of a distinguished college on social media provider chat platform, they stated.
In conspiracy along with her purported spouse Rahul Kumar, she diverted conversations in opposition to sexual connotations, in the end asking the professor to file and ship his sexually particular video on September 10, 2021, they stated.
As soon as a video was once gained, she instructed 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 government within the college and a few distinguished US-based reporters, they stated.
“Rahul, the usage of his accounts [email protected] and [email protected], began sending extortionist threats associated with the sexually particular video chat to the professor hard cash and different treasured issues from him for deleting the video and directed him to make the financial bills to his PayPal account,” the CBI FIR has alleged.
The alleged blackmail went on for over a 12 months, all the way through which repeated cash transfers came about within the Paypal account of Rahul, as directed through him.
Over USD 48,000 (roughly Rs 38 lakh) was once gained from the sufferer, they stated.
Kumar later requested the professor for expensive presents comparable to Apple iPhone chargers and headsets, following which the professor filed a grievance with the USA Division of Justice, which passed over the topic to the FBI, they stated.
The FBI were given involved with the CBI the place Global Operation Department registered a case, tracked the individual and arrested Rahul whilst the seek for his purported female friend is occurring, they stated.
“A case was once registered through Global Operation Department of CBI towards a non-public individual resident of New Delhi & Others on positive allegations together with sextortion of a Professor at a distinguished College in america at the inputs gained from america,” CBI stated in a observation.
NEW DELHI: The CBI has busted a racket of “sextortionists”, arresting one that allegedly blackmailed an economics professor at California College into meting out USD 48,000 threatening him with making public his sexually particular video chats with a feminine gang member, officers stated.
According to data gained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the USA, CBI arrested Rahul Kumar, a resident of Delhi’s Asola, whilst the seek for his purported female friend who lured the professor into sending particular movies on Fb chat is occurring, they stated.
The lady, who was once chatting thru Fb, had befriended the economics professor of a distinguished college on social media provider chat platform, they stated.
In conspiracy along with her purported spouse Rahul Kumar, she diverted conversations in opposition to sexual connotations, in the end asking the professor to file and ship his sexually particular video on September 10, 2021, they stated.
As soon as a video was once gained, she instructed 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 government within the college and a few distinguished US-based reporters, they stated.
“Rahul, the usage of his accounts [email protected] and [email protected], began sending extortionist threats associated with the sexually particular video chat to the professor hard cash and different treasured issues from him for deleting the video and directed him to make the financial bills to his PayPal account,” the CBI FIR has alleged.
The alleged blackmail went on for over a 12 months, all the way through which repeated cash transfers came about within the Paypal account of Rahul, as directed through him.
Over USD 48,000 (roughly Rs 38 lakh) was once gained from the sufferer, they stated.
Kumar later requested the professor for expensive presents comparable to Apple iPhone chargers and headsets, following which the professor filed a grievance with the USA Division of Justice, which passed over the topic to the FBI, they stated.
The FBI were given involved with the CBI the place Global Operation Department registered a case, tracked the individual and arrested Rahul whilst the seek for his purported female friend is occurring, they stated.
“A case was once registered through Global Operation Department of CBI towards a non-public individual resident of New Delhi & Others on positive allegations together with sextortion of a Professor at a distinguished College in america at the inputs gained from america,” CBI stated in a observation.