The Kasna police arrested a year-old woman from the Sector 18 area of Noida on Wednesday evening for blackmailing a married man she had befriended on social media. According to the police, the woman, a resident of Kanpur, came in touch with the victim on a social media platform. However, later on, the woman threatened to leak photos and videos of them together in a compromising position on social media," said, Shalendra Pratap Singh, station house officer of the Kasna police station. The victim said that the woman then started blackmailing him and extorting money from him, said the SHO. However, later on, she continued to blackmail him following which he approached the police," Singh said. The police said that the victim is married and does not want his family to find out about the incident.

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A woman died by suicide after receiving Ian Pisarchuk's threats, said Bensalem police, who urged anyone who has experienced sexual extortion to contact them. A year-old Bucks County man who allegedly solicited nude photos and videos from women and girls on Snapchat and then used the images to blackmail them was arrested on extortion, child pornography, and other charges, police said Wednesday. Ian Pisarchuk of Bensalem threatened multiple people — including a woman who died by suicide after receiving his threats and minors as young as 12 — over the course of several years on the social media app, according to Bensalem police. He allegedly threatened his targets with ruining their lives by publishing their photos, forcing them to send him more images, said police who reviewed Snapchat records. Pisarchuk used varying names on Snapchat, police said.
A man who is said to have blackmailed more than women after convincing them to strip off in front of their webcams has been arrested in the US. Prosecutors said Karen "Gary" Kazaryan, 27, had hacked into hundreds of Facebook, Skype and email accounts to obtain naked or semi-naked pictures. It is alleged he threatened to post the nude images of victims publicly unless they removed their clothing on camera. If convicted, he could receive a maximum jail sentence of years. Mr Kazaryan is said to have gained unauthorised access to hundreds of women's accounts, changing their passwords to prevent them from getting access. US authorities said they had found about 3, pictures of nude or semi-nude women on Mr Kazaryan's computer.