Two Maldivians arrested in Sri Lanka over sex-tape blackmail
The suspected racketeers were arrested yesterday from a hotel in Dehiwala, Colombo with two laptops containing nude video clips of more than 100 people, including five politicians. The alleged racketeers reportedly amassed more than MVR6 million from the blackmailing scam during the past two years.
13 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
Two Maldivians have been arrested in Sri Lanka on charges of blackmailing and extorting millions of rufiyaa from several politicians and businessmen using their sex tapes.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department told Sri Lanka’s The Sunday Times that the suspected racketeers were arrested yesterday from a hotel in Dehiwala, Colombo with two laptops containing nude video clips of more than 100 people, including five politicians.
The suspects reporetedly had more than MVR6.5 million (US$421,530) in their bank accounts. They are believed to have run the blackmailing scam for more than two years.
A spokesman for the Maldives Police Service told The Maldives Independent that the same case has been filed locally as well.
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