Police uncover circumstances of cyber extortion crime in Hebron

HEBRON - Ma'an - The General Investigations Department was able to uncover the circumstances of an electronic blackmail crime that targeted a citizen in Hebron and arrested a suspect as a result. The Public Relations and Media Department of the Police stated that a citizen was subjected to blackmail via Instagram by an unknown person who threatened to publish private photos and videos of her on the social networking site if she did not pay him money and gold jewelry. She filed a complaint with the General Investigations Branch about the incident, confirming that she had provided more than half a kilogram of gold and sums of money, and that he had asked her to pay more. Through electronic investigation and investigation by the Electronic Crimes Department of the governorate police, a person was suspected and arrested, and gold jewelry and sums of money were seized from him. The police confirmed that the arrested person would be held in custody until he was referred to the competent authority to follow up o n the necessary legal procedures against him. Source: Maan News Agency