A 20-year-old has been arrested for defrauding Rs. 700,000 from an individual by threatening to share explicit photographs and videos on social media.
The Police said the suspect had befriended men via social media and had obtained their nude photographs and videos.
Threatening to share them on social media, the suspect had demanded money in exchange, obtaining Rs. 700,000 from one victim.
Investigations by the North-Western Police Computer Crime Investigation Division into a complaint received in June had led to the arrest of the suspect.
The 20-year-old suspect, a resident of Thulhiriya, was arrested yesterday at Council Avenue Road in Dehiwala.
The Police Computer Crime Investigation Division is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)
