Police will investigate those pictured committing crimes in Facebook nude photo haul
23 Feb 2011, 2:20 PM
Neil Merrett
Maldives Police Service today said that further action will be taken against people pictured committing crimes in the files acquired by Facebook blackmailers.
A media officer said police were unable to confirm whether any political figures were be involved in the case while the investigations continued.
Police have arrested 14 persons including a minor – reportedly a 17 year old girl – for alleged involvement in acquiring nude pictures and videos of Maldivians through two profiles that both used the same image of a young blonde woman wearing sunglasses.
The two false profiles – the front for an alleged blackmailing ring that netted incriminating photos of those who signed up – had netted a combined 2500 ‘friends’, most of them Maldivian, making the scope of the blackmail operation potentially massive.
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